CVE-2026-53516 Better Auth: Account takeover via OAuth auto-link to unverified pre-registered email

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 emailverified: true without requiring the local user row's emailVerified...

CVE-2026-53516

Summary: CVE-2026-53516 affects Better Auth (

CVE-2026-53516 Better Auth: Account takeover via OAuth auto-link to unverified pre-registered email

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 emailverified: true without requiring the local user row's emailVerified...

GHSA-G38M-R43W-P2Q7 Better Auth has an account takeover issue via OAuth auto-link to unverified pre-registered email

Am I affected? Users are affected if all of the following are true: - Their application uses better-auth at a version 1.6.11 on the stable line, or any current next pre-release. - emailAndPassword.enabled: true is set in their application's betterAuth ... configuration. - At least one OAuth or SS...

Improper Authentication

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication in the OAuth2 autolinking process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to a victim's account by pre-registering an unverified user with the victim's email address using one OAuth2 provider, and then waiting...

Improper Authentication

Overview github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/forms is a realtime backend in 1 file Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication in the OAuth2 autolinking process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to a victim's account by pre-registering an unverified user with...