CVE-2026-53516Disclosure(better-auth / better_auth)

LOWCVSS 8.3 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-287CWE-345

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • better_auth

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Products
better_auth

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-07-16: 1Technical Details · 2026-07-16: 107-16
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
Full discourse1 post
  • Cyber Threat Observatory | Alan Turing Institute@TuringCyberObs
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-53516 Better Auth OAuth implicit linking could allow pre-account hijacking where attackers register a victim’s email before linking their own OAuth identity Full analysis: https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/cyber-threat-observatory/blob/main/reports/2026-07-15/TIER_2_CVE-2026-53516.md #CyberSecurity #IdentitySecurity #VulnerabilityManagement

    Post summary

    The post announces the CVE-2026-53516 vulnerability, highlights a pre-account hijacking risk via OAuth implicit linking, and provides a link to a full analysis report.

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CPE platform detail1 entries

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PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appbetter-authbetter_auth-node.js-

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