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Better Auth 1.4.0-beta.18 before 1.7.7 Authentication Bypass via Magic Link

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

Better Auth from 1.4.0-beta.18 before 1.7.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to sign in as other users by reusing OAuth state values as Magic Link tokens. Attackers can start an OAuth sign-in with a victim's email and submit the returned state to Magic Link verification, gaining sessions or creating falsely email-verified accounts.

Announced Group revision 1
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CVE-2026-110862

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-110862

better-auth

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "better-auth",
    "product": "better-auth",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.4.0-beta.18",
        "lessThan": "1.7.7",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "1.7.7",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "packageURL": "pkg:npm/better-auth",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-110862

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Publisher severity

critical

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#28700 · Revision 1
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