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GHSA-xg6x-h9c9-2m83

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

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En la Trivy database desde, como mínimo, el 24 oct 2026, 07:11 UTCNo consta cuándo entró antes de ese build.

Severidad por fuente

GHSA9.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Descripción

### 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.

Paquetes afectados y versiones corregidas

FuentePaqueteCorregido en
npm::GitHub Security Advisory npmbetter-auth1.4.9

Referencias

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