vulnerability / NVI-00016136 / Revision 1
Better Auth: OAuth refresh-token rotation forks the token family on concurrent redemption
GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for @better-auth/oauth-provider, better-auth. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.
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01 / Meaning
Why it matters
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8.1 high
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As of · GitHub Advisory Database
02 / Applicability
The affected context
Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.
@better-auth/oauth-provider
source listed>= 1.6.0, < 1.6.11
### Am I affected? Users are affected if all of the following are true: - Their project depends on `@better-auth/oauth-provider` at a version `>= 1.6.0, = 1.4.8-beta.7, < 1.6.0`. - At least one OAuth client served by their application's authorization server requests the `offline_access` scope, so refresh tokens are minted. - Concurrent redemption of the same refresh token is reachable: an SPA shares one refresh token across browser tabs without a mutex, a mobile client retries after a transient failure, an attacker who has stolen a refresh token times two requests, or a service worker queues offline requests. If developer applications do not request `offline_access` for any client, no refresh tokens are minted and they are not exposed. Fix: 1. Upgrade to `@better-auth/oauth-provider@1.6.11` or later. 2. If developers cannot upgrade, see workarounds below. ### Summary The OAuth provider's `POST /oauth2/token` endpoint, on the `refresh_token` grant, performs a non-atomic read / validate / revoke / mint sequence on the `oauthRefreshToken` row. Two concurrent requests presenting the same parent refresh token both pass the r
better-auth
source listed>= 1.4.8-beta.7, < 1.6.0
### Am I affected? Users are affected if all of the following are true: - Their project depends on `@better-auth/oauth-provider` at a version `>= 1.6.0, = 1.4.8-beta.7, < 1.6.0`. - At least one OAuth client served by their application's authorization server requests the `offline_access` scope, so refresh tokens are minted. - Concurrent redemption of the same refresh token is reachable: an SPA shares one refresh token across browser tabs without a mutex, a mobile client retries after a transient failure, an attacker who has stolen a refresh token times two requests, or a service worker queues offline requests. If developer applications do not request `offline_access` for any client, no refresh tokens are minted and they are not exposed. Fix: 1. Upgrade to `@better-auth/oauth-provider@1.6.11` or later. 2. If developers cannot upgrade, see workarounds below. ### Summary The OAuth provider's `POST /oauth2/token` endpoint, on the `refresh_token` grant, performs a non-atomic read / validate / revoke / mint sequence on the `oauthRefreshToken` row. Two concurrent requests presenting the same parent refresh token both pass the r
03 / Response
What to do next
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04 / Limits
What this report cannot establish
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05 / Provenance
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- GHSA-392p-2q2v-4372 ↗
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