CVE-2026-53517

Better Auth OAuth Provider: Refresh Token Rotation Race Condition Allows Concurrent Replay and Token Family Forking

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: July 15, 2026 at 05:33 PM UTC
Updated: July 21, 2026 at 04:19 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAuth Better AuthBetter Auth /oauth Provider

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Better Auth is an authentication and authorization library for TypeScript. From 1.4.8-beta.7 until 1.6.11, the @better-auth/oauth-provider POST /oauth2/token endpoint on the refresh_token grant performs a non-atomic read, validate, revoke, and mint sequence on the oauthRefreshToken row, allowing concurrent requests with the same parent refresh token to pass the revoked check and create forked refresh-token families; the vulnerable range also includes embedded better-auth plugin versions before 1.6.0. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.11.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.6.01.4.9 ≤ v < 1.6.111.4.81.4.8 beta7
Affected range stops below 1.6.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.6.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.6.111.6.0 ≤ v < 1.6.11
Affected range stops below 1.6.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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References (3)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.1HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-362CWE-367

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