CVE-2025-71401 PUBLISHED

better-auth before 1.4.1 basePath Modification DoS

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 18.07.2026 Published: 02.08.2026 Updated: 02.08.2026

better-auth (npm) before 1.4.2 allows an external request to configure baseURL when it is not otherwise defined (e.g., BETTER_AUTH_URL is unset). An attacker able to make the very first request to the server after startup can poison the router's base path, causing all routes to return 404 for all users (denial of service). The issue is not reachable when baseURL is explicitly configured or on typical managed hosting platforms.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 9.3

Product Status

Vendor better-auth
Product better-auth
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.4.1 (excl.)
  • Version 1.4.1 is unaffected

Credits

  • goksan reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE