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.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Better-auth
  • Better-icons

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/better-auth/better-icons/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/better-auth/better-icons/issues/18 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-15527 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/854530 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/377865 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/377865/cti cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title better-auth better-icons scan_project_icons/sync_icon path traversal
First Time appeared Better-auth
Better-auth better-icons
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:better-auth:better-icons:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Better-auth
Better-auth better-icons
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS: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'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2026-07-13T03:00:08.811Z

Updated: 2026-07-13T19:26:34.337Z

Reserved: 2026-07-12T12:51:37.994Z

Link: CVE-2026-15527

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-13T19:26:03.587Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-07-13T04:16:28.163

Modified: 2026-07-13T20:16:46.403

Link: CVE-2026-15527

cve-icon Redhat

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