GHSA-xr8f-h2gw-9xh6
OAuth 2.1 Provider: Unprivileged users can register OAuth clients
En bref
- Publiée
- Mise à jour
- CVE
- CVE-2026-41427
- CVSS_V4
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N
Description
### Am I affected? You're affected if all of the following are true: - Using @better-auth/oauth-provider at version specified below - You configured clientPrivileges in the plugin options expecting it to gate who can create OAuth clients - The /oauth2/create-client or /admin/oauth2/create-client endpoints are reachable by authenticated users you don't fully trust If clientPrivileges is not configured, this bug has no security consequence for your deployment --- ### Summary The clientPrivileges option documents a create action, but the OAuth client creation endpoints did not invoke the hook before persisting new clients. Deployments that configured clientPrivileges to restrict client registration were not actually restricted — any authenticated user could reach the create endpoints and register an OAuth client with attacker-chosen redirect URIs and metadata. Non-create operations (read, list, update, delete, rotate) enforced the hook correctly. Only the create path was missing the check. ### Impact - Unauthorized registration of OAuth clients by any authenticated user, under deployments that expected clientPrivileges to block them. - Attacker-controlled redirect_uris on those clients enable phishing flows that present as registered first-party applications. - If the SERVER_ONLY admin creation endpoint is also exposed to low-privilege users (a separate deployment misconfiguration), additional sensitive fields including `skip_consent` become writable. ### Patches Fixed in `@better-auth/oauth-provider@1.6.5` Both create endpoints now call the clientPrivileges hook with action "create" before persisting the client record. ### Workarounds If you cannot upgrade immediately: - Block the /oauth2/create-client and /admin/oauth2/create-client routes at your reverse proxy or middleware layer for any user who should not be able to register clients. - Do not expose the admin creation endpoint (it is SERVER_ONLY by design and should not be reachable by end-user sessions).
Paquets affectés
| Paquet | Versions |
|---|---|
| npm · @better-auth/oauth-provider | introduced 1.4.8-beta.7, fixed 1.6.5 |
| npm · @better-auth/oauth-provider | introduced 1.7.0-beta.0, last affected 1.7.0-beta.1 |
Références
- https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/security/advisories/GHSA-xr8f-h2gw-9xh6 WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41427 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth PACKAGE
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |