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        "dateReserved": "2026-06-09T17:30:33.456Z",
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                    "name": "https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/security/advisories/GHSA-g38m-r43w-p2q7",
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                    "name": "https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/releases/tag/v1.6.11",
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                    "value": "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."
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