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Description

A vulnerability has been found in better-auth better-icons up to 1.0.5. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component scan_project_icons/sync_icon. Such manipulation of the argument icons_file leads to path traversal. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-07-12 | Published 2026-07-13 | Updated 2026-07-13 | Assigner VulDB




MEDIUM: 4.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
4.3AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR

Problem types

Path Traversal

Product status

1.0.0
affected

1.0.1
affected

1.0.2
affected

1.0.3
affected

1.0.4
affected

1.0.5
affected

Timeline

2026-07-12:Advisory disclosed
2026-07-12:VulDB entry created
2026-07-12:VulDB entry last update

Credits

Mcfly_Zhang (VulDB User) reporter

VulDB CNA Team coordinator

References

vuldb.com/vuln/377865 (VDB-377865 | better-auth better-icons scan_project_icons/sync_icon path traversal) vdb-entry technical-description

vuldb.com/vuln/377865/cti (VDB-377865 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-15527 (CVE-2026-15527 | CVE Analysis and Report) third-party-advisory

vuldb.com/submit/854530 (Submit #854530 | better-auth better-icons 1.0.5 Code Injection) third-party-advisory

github.com/better-auth/better-icons/issues/18 exploit issue-tracking

github.com/better-auth/better-icons/ product

cve.org (CVE-2026-15527)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-15527)

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