Vulnerability in better-auth (CVE-2026-67336)
Summary
Vulnerability in better-auth (CVE-2026-67336). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Exploitable via Referer header. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.6.11 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Am I affected?
Users are affected if all of the following are true:
- Their application uses
better-authat a version below the patched release. - Their application enables
oidcProvider()frombetter-auth/plugins/oidc-providerormcp()frombetter-auth/plugins/mcp(the mcp plugin delegates tooidcProviderand inherits both defaults). - For the algorithm-negotiation impact: relying parties of the application's OIDC server use a JWT verification library that performs algorithm negotiation from the discovery document without pinning to a specific signing algorithm.
- For the PKCE impact: the authorization URL is exposed to any party other than the user agent and the application's OP.
If the application only uses @better-auth/oauth-provider (the canonical replacement) and have not enabled the legacy plugins, it is not affected. The new package's discovery document excludes none and its authorize schema rejects plain at parse time.
Fix:
- Upgrade to
better-auth@1.6.11or later. - Migrate from the deprecated
oidcProviderandmcpplugins to@better-auth/oauth-providerwhen feasible. - If developers cannot upgrade their applications, see workarounds below.
Summary
The legacy oidcProvider and mcp plugins exhibit two related defects in their OIDC discovery and authorize surfaces.
The discovery document advertises "none" in id_token_signing_alg_values_supported (and, for mcp, in resource_signing_alg_values_supported on the OAuth p…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-67336 has been found in better-auth.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like Referer header over the network to misuse the product.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 8.7/10.
What to do: upgrade better-auth to 1.6.11 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "better-auth CVE-2026-67336" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-67336 (better-auth) — CWE-1188 / CVSS v3 8.7
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Attack surface: Referer header / oidcProvider / none / plain
Patched: 1.6.11 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-1188) exists in better-auth. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via Referer header without authentication.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of better-auth. Attack surface: Referer header / oidcProvider / none / plain.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.7/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 1.6.11.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'better-auth' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'better-auth' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
better-authを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade better-auth to 1.6.11ステージング環境で 1.6.11 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- package github.com
- web github.com
- web disclosure@vulncheck.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com
- web github.com