CVE-2026-53516

HIGHPre-NVD 8.38.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 86% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
8.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
8.3
EG Score
8.3(medium)
EG Risk
37(Track)
EG Risk 37/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity83% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
14%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 7, 2026

Last Modified

July 21, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jul 15, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github_pr, github_release, github.
github Patch Available

core: pre-account hijacking via OAuth implicit linking (nOAuth-class) · Advisory · better-auth/better-auth · GitHub

https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/security/advisories/GHSA-g38m-r43w-p2q7
github_release Patch Available

v1.6.11

Patch available: better-auth/better-auth v1.6.11

https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/releases/tag/v1.6.11
github_pr

fix(oauth): block OAuth linking to unverified local accounts

Fix merged in better-auth/better-auth PR #9578 on 2026-05-12 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/pull/9578
github_commit

commit da7e50beee84 (better-auth/better-auth)

Fix landed in better-auth/better-auth commit da7e50beee84 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/commit/da7e50beee849c59a2ed1ec6b3a38cc6ab9fb563

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-53516(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
better-auth—1.6.11—

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-53516?
CVE-2026-53516 is a high vulnerability published on July 7, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-53516 disclosed?
CVE-2026-53516 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 7, 2026, with the most recent update on July 21, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-53516 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-53516 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 86.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-53516?
CVE-2026-53516 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-53516?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-53516, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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