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TI-2026-66505 Aliases GHSA-xg6x-h9c9-2m83

Better Auth Has Two-Factor Authentication Bypass via Premature Session Caching (session.cookieCache)

Priority LOW 38CWE-288Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-288.

Summary

### Summary Under certain configurations, sessions may be considered valid before two-factor authentication (2FA) is fully completed. This can allow access to authenticated routes without verifying the second factor. --- ### Description When two-factor authentication is enabled, the authentication flow correctly identifies users who require additional verification and defers full authentication until the second factor is completed. However, when `session.cookieCache` is enabled, the session generated during the initial sign-in step may be cached as valid **prior to 2FA verification**. Subsequent session lookups may then return this cached session without re-evaluating the 2FA requirement. This results in a situation where session validity can be established before all authentication constraints are satisfied. --- ### Impact An attacker (or user) with valid primary credentials may gain access to protected application routes without completing the required second authentication factor. Any application using `better-auth` with both two-factor authentication and session cookie caching enabled may be affected. --- ### Mitigation * Upgrade to a version of `better-auth` that includes the fix for this issue. * Ensure that session caching does not treat sessions as fully authenticated until all required authentication steps, including 2FA, are completed. * As a temporary workaround, disable `session.cookieCache` when using two-factor authentication.

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed better-auth (npm): 1.4.9

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—better-auth (npm)before 1.4.91.4.9Patch availableGHSA-xg6x-h9c9-2m83
  • better-auth (npm) Vendor— Affected before 1.4.9 Fixed in 1.4.9 Patch available GHSA-xg6x-h9c9-2m83

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-xg6x-h9c9-2m83 better-auth (npm) Fixed in 1.4.9 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-xg6x-h9c9-2m83

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