CVE-2026-53516

HIGH

Better Auth: Account takeover via OAuth auto-link to unverified pre-registered email

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

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