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GHSA-9FQ7-6G6P-G9RM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-02 15:30 – Updated: 2026-08-02 15:30

Details

Better Auth relies on better-call, which uses the rou3 router library. In affected versions of rou3, paths are normalized by removing empty segments, so /path, //path, and ///path resolve to the same route. In Better Auth versions prior to 1.4.5 (which bundles the fixed rou3), this can allow attackers to bypass disabledPaths configuration and path-based rate limits by submitting requests with extra slashes in the URL path. The issue does not apply in deployments where the proxy or platform normalizes URLs by collapsing multiple slashes.

Severity

8.6 (High)


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

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2025-71399 (GCVE-0-2025-71399)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-02 12:15 – Updated: 2026-10-08 15:21

Title

Better Auth before 1.4.5 Path Normalization Bypass via rou3

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

8.6 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-03 15:48 UTC

CWE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

Assigner

VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 7402 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/securi…	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/commit…	patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/better-auth-…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
better-auth	better-auth	Affected: 0 , < 1.4.5 (semver) Unaffected: 1.4.5 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:better-auth:better-auth\/oauth-provider::::::node.js::*

Date Public

2025-12-15 00:00

Credits

goksan

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