CVE-2026-53516
HIGHBetter Auth: Account takeover via OAuth auto-link to unverified pre-registered email
Title source: cnaDescription
Better Auth is an authentication and authorization library for TypeScript. Prior to 1.6.11, Better Auth's OAuth callback auto-link gate in handleOAuthUserInfo accepts implicit account linking when the OAuth provider asserts email_verified: true without requiring the local user row's emailVerified field to also be true, allowing an attacker who pre-registers a victim email through /sign-up/email to bind the victim's OAuth identity to the attacker's account. The same primitive affects one-tap, and emailAndPassword.requireEmailVerification: true does not mitigate the link-time verification change. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.11.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/security/advisories/GHSA-g38m-r43w-p2q7
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/pull/9578
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/commit/da7e50beee849c59a2ed1ec6b3a38cc6ab9fb563
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/releases/tag/v1.6.11
Scores
CVSS v3
8.3
EPSS
0.0015
EPSS Percentile
4.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-287
CWE-345
Status
published
Products (3)
better-auth/better-auth
< 1.6.11
better-auth/better_auth
< 1.6.11
npm/better-auth
0 - 1.6.11npm
Published
Jul 15, 2026
Tracked Since
Jul 15, 2026