CVE-2026-53516

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

State
Published
Severity
8.3 High
Published
Jul 15, 2026
Updated
Jul 15, 2026
Reserved
Jun 9, 2026

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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

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.3 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:LGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication
  • CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

Affected Products

ProductVersions
better-authbetter-auth
  • < 1.6.11Affected

References

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