CVE-2025-71401 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-71401: better-auth before 1.4.2 basePath Modification DoS

Vendor Better-Auth
Product better-auth
Weakness CWE-770 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
Published August 2, 2026
Last update August 3, 2026

CVSS base score

9.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 2, 2026 CVE published
August 3, 2026 Record updated