From 17407ba327fff18657a022010bd7429aee43e2d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jo=C3=A9l=20Solano?= <joelsolano@jsolano.de>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:06:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(admin): optional chain `user` in hooks (#8026)

(cherry picked from commit 62ed645354ae719721f3de7552244afd66e64e51)
---
 packages/better-auth/src/plugins/admin/admin.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/better-auth/src/plugins/admin/admin.ts b/packages/better-auth/src/plugins/admin/admin.ts
index aeec1119cb..a88e303fc5 100644
--- a/packages/better-auth/src/plugins/admin/admin.ts
+++ b/packages/better-auth/src/plugins/admin/admin.ts
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ export const admin = <O extends AdminOptions>(options?: O | undefined) => {
 									}
 									const user = (await ctx.context.internalAdapter.findUserById(
 										session.userId,
-									)) as UserWithRole;
+									)) as UserWithRole | null;
 
-									if (user.banned) {
+									if (user?.banned) {
 										if (
 											user.banExpires &&
 											new Date(user.banExpires).getTime() < Date.now()