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GHSA-wxw3-q3m9-c3jr: Better Auth: OAuth callback accepts mismatched `state` when cookie-backed state storage is used without PKCE

May 15, 2026

In parseGenericState, the cookie branch decrypted the oauth_state cookie and validated expiry, but did not compare the incoming OAuth state query parameter to the nonce that generateGenericState issued at sign-in. Any callback to /api/auth/oauth2/callback/<providerId> that arrived with a forged state and any code was therefore accepted as long as the browser still held a live oauth_state cookie. With pkce: false (or any getToken path that does not enforce a code-verifier round-trip), an attacker who forced the victim to deliver an attacker-controlled authorization code to the callback would mint a session bound to the attacker’s external identity in the victim’s browser. Account-linking flows behaved the same way, binding the attacker’s external account to an authenticated victim row.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-wxw3-q3m9-c3jr
  • github.com/better-auth/better-auth/commit/9deb7936aba7931f2db4b460141f476508f11bfd
  • github.com/better-auth/better-auth/issues/8897
  • github.com/better-auth/better-auth/pull/8949
  • github.com/better-auth/better-auth/security/advisories/GHSA-wxw3-q3m9-c3jr

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.6.2

Fixed versions

  • 1.6.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.6.2 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication
  • CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
  • CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Source file

npm/better-auth/GHSA-wxw3-q3m9-c3jr.yml

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