GHSA-q2mx-j4x2-2h74 — next-auth
MEDIUMGHSA-q2mx-j4x2-2h74 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) Open Redirect vulnerability in next-auth. A fix is available for next-auth — see the affected versions and patch details below.
URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') in next-auth
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-q2mx-j4x2-2h74.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-q2mx-j4x2-2h74 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,166 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
next-authnpmDescription
Impact
We found that this vulnerability is present when the developer is implementing an OAuth 1 provider (by extension, it means Twitter, which is the only built-in provider using OAuth 1), but upgrading is still recommended.
next-auth v3 users before version 3.29.3 are impacted. (We recommend upgrading to v4, as v3 is considered unmaintained. See our migration guide)
next-auth v4 users before version 4.3.3 are impacted.
Patches
We've released patches for this vulnerability in:
- v3 -
3.29.3 - v4 -
4.3.3
You can do:
npm i next-auth@latest
or
yarn add next-auth@latest
or
pnpm add next-auth@latest
(This will update to the latest v4 version, but you can change latest to 3 if you want to stay on v3.)
Workarounds
If you are not able to upgrade for any reason, you can add the following configuration to your callbacks option:
// async redirect(url, baseUrl) { // v3
async redirect({ url, baseUrl }) { // v4
// Allows relative callback URLs
if (url.startsWith("/")) return `${baseUrl}${url}`
// Allows callback URLs on the same origin
else if (new URL(url).origin === baseUrl) return url
return baseUrl
}
References
This vulnerability was discovered right after https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth/security/advisories/GHSA-f9wg-5f46-cjmw was published and is very similar in nature.
Read more about the callbacks.redirect option in the documentation: https://next-auth.js.org/configuration/callbacks#redirect-callback
For more information
If you have any concerns, we request responsible disclosure, outlined here: https://next-auth.js.org/security#reporting-a-vulnerability
Timeline
The issue was reported 2022 April 20th, a response was sent out to the reporter 8 minutes after, and a patch was produced within a few days.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | next-auth | all versions | 3.29.3npm install next-auth@3.29.3 |
| 📦npm | next-auth | ≥ 4.0.0&&< 4.3.3 | 4.3.3npm install next-auth@4.3.3 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for next-auth, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update next-auth to 3.29.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-q2mx-j4x2-2h74 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-q2mx-j4x2-2h74 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-q2mx-j4x2-2h74. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-q2mx-j4x2-2h74 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-q2mx-j4x2-2h74 across npm dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.