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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-43812

The Auth0 Next.js SDK is a library for implementing user authentication in Next.js applications. Versions before 1.6.2 do not filter out certain returnTo parameter values from the login url, which expose the application to an open redirect vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

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31 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-43812

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Dec 2021, 19:15 UTC

The Auth0 Next.js SDK is a library for implementing user authentication in Next.js applications. Versions before 1.6.2 do not filter out certain returnTo parameter values from the login url, which expose the application to an open redirect vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

osv:CVE-2021-43812
Complete source record
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    "summary": "The Auth0 Next.js SDK is a library for implementing user authentication in Next.js applications. Versions before 1.6.2 do not filter out certain returnTo parameter values from the login url, which expose the application to an open redirect vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible. There are no known workarounds for this issue.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-43812",
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