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TI-2026-30129 Aliases CVE-2026-41574GHSA-6g38-8j4p-j3pr

Nhost Vulnerable to Account Takeover via OAuth Email Verification Bypass

Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

Nhost is an open source Firebase alternative with GraphQL. Prior to version 0.49.1, Nhost automatically links an incoming OAuth identity to an existing Nhost account when the email addresses match. This is only safe when the email has been verified by the OAuth provider. Nhost's controller trusts a profile.EmailVerified boolean that is set by each provider adapter. The vulnerability is that several provider adapters do not correctly populate this field they either silently drop a verified field the provider API actually returns (Discord), or they fall back to accepting unconfirmed emails and marking them as verified (Bitbucket). Two Microsoft providers (AzureAD, EntraID) derive the email from non-ownership-proving fields like the user principal name, then mark it verified. The result is that an attacker can present an email they don't own to Nhost, have the OAuth identity merged into the victim's account, and receive a full authenticated session. This issue has been patched in version 0.49.1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00799 56th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed nhost (nhost): 0.49.1github.com/nhost/nhost (Go): 0.0.0-20260417112436-ec8dab3f2cf4

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
nhostnhostbefore 0.49.10.49.1Patch availableCNA
—github.com/nhost/nhost (Go)before 0.0.0-20260417112436-ec8dab3f2cf40.0.0-20260417112436-ec8dab3f2cf4Patch availableGHSA-6g38-8j4p-j3pr
  • nhost Vendornhost Affected before 0.49.1 Fixed in 0.49.1 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/nhost/nhost (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.0.0-20260417112436-ec8dab3f2cf4 Fixed in 0.0.0-20260417112436-ec8dab3f2cf4 Patch available GHSA-6g38-8j4p-j3pr

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nhost:nhost\/auth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.49.1Vulnerablenhost
  • cpe:2.3:a:nhost:nhost\/auth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.49.1 Vulnerable ·nhost

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA nhost (nhost) Fixed in 0.49.1
  • Fix · GHSA-6g38-8j4p-j3pr github.com/nhost/nhost (Go) Fixed in 0.0.0-20260417112436-ec8dab3f2cf4 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-41574
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6g38-8j4p-j3pr

References

  • TI-2026-27191 Nhost Leaks the Refresh Token via URL Query Parameter in OAuth Provider Callback CVSS 4.0LOW 2.3

Sources