From 98b72ca5722205ead9dffb230690cfecc8336f1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:10:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: allow local (and overridden) login strategies to pass
 Error objects back

---
 src/controllers/authentication.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/controllers/authentication.js b/src/controllers/authentication.js
index 5d8cc4dff4..f57eb185be 100644
--- a/src/controllers/authentication.js
+++ b/src/controllers/authentication.js
@@ -266,7 +266,9 @@ function continueLogin(strategy, req, res, next) {
 		}
 
 		if (!userData) {
-			if (typeof info === 'object') {
+			if (info instanceof Error) {
+				info = info.message;
+			} else if (typeof info === 'object') {
 				info = '[[error:invalid-username-or-password]]';
 			}
 			return helpers.noScriptErrors(req, res, info, 403);