# CVE-2026-81888: @hono/oauth-providers: OAuth state check fails open on omitted state, enabling login CSRF and forced account linking

- Also known as: GHSA-FM3F-CH8H-QW8Q
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.6
- Published: 2026-08-31 · Updated: 2026-09-01

## Affected

- honojs @hono/oauth-providers: fixed in 0.8.6
- @hono/oauth-providers (npm): fixed in 0.8.6

## Description

@hono/oauth-providers is Authentication middleware for Hono. Prior to version 0.8.6, the built-in social login providers accept an OAuth callback even when the `state` value is absent on both sides, so the anti-CSRF check passes for a callback that never came from a genuine login attempt. This defeats the `state`-based CSRF protection under default usage. Version 0.8.6 has a patch.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on honojs @hono/oauth-providers, @hono/oauth-providers, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.6) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/honojs/middleware/security/advisories/GHSA-fm3f-ch8h-qw8q
- https://github.com/honojs/middleware/pull/2040
- https://github.com/honojs/middleware/commit/b37765f40b7bddb1d8fce39573b085222dea58c1
- https://github.com/honojs/middleware/releases/tag/%40hono%2Foauth-providers%400.8.6

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