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CVE-2026-53514: Better Auth vulnerable to unauthorized invitation acceptance via unverified email match in organization plugin

July 7, 2026

The organization plugin’s acceptInvitation endpoint trusts an email-string equality check as proof that the session user owns the invited address. With Better Auth’s stock emailAndPassword: { enabled: true } configuration, requireEmailVerification defaults to false, so an attacker can sign up a row keyed to victim@target.example (auto-signed-in, emailVerified: false) before the legitimate owner. When an organization admin invites that address, the attacker presents the invitationId and accepts the invitation, joining the organization at the invited role.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-fmh4-wcc4-5jm3
  • github.com/better-auth/better-auth/releases/tag/v1.6.11
  • github.com/better-auth/better-auth/security/advisories/GHSA-fmh4-wcc4-5jm3
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53514

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.6.11

Fixed versions

  • 1.6.11

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.6.11 or above.

Impact 7.7 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication
  • CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
  • CWE-441: Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy')
  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Source file

npm/better-auth/CVE-2026-53514.yml

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