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High severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 15, 2026· Updated Jul 15, 2026

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

CVE-2026-53516

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.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
better-authnpm
< 1.6.111.6.11

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