diff --git a/authentik/core/account_selection.py b/authentik/core/account_selection.py
index c4c2325a7c..f13020ead1 100644
--- a/authentik/core/account_selection.py
+++ b/authentik/core/account_selection.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from authentik.flows.planner import (
     FlowPlanner,
 )
 from authentik.flows.stage import PLAN_CONTEXT_PENDING_USER_IDENTIFIER
+from authentik.lib.avatars import get_avatar
 from authentik.lib.utils.urls import is_url_absolute
 from authentik.policies.engine import PolicyEngine
 from authentik.root.middleware import SessionMiddleware
@@ -60,6 +61,35 @@ def _coerce_known_account(raw_account: object) -> KnownAccount | None:
     return KnownAccount(uid=uid, session_key=session_key)
 
 
+def user_matches_hint(user: User, hint: str) -> bool:
+    """Check whether an account matches the supplied login hint."""
+    return hint in {user.uuid.hex, user.email, user.username}
+
+
+def serialize_account_selection_user(
+    request: HttpRequest,
+    user: User,
+    hint: str | None = None,
+) -> dict[str, object]:
+    """Serialize a browser-local account for account selection surfaces."""
+    is_current = (
+        request.user.is_authenticated
+        and not isinstance(request.user, AnonymousUser)
+        and user.pk == request.user.pk
+    )
+    data = {
+        "uid": user.uuid.hex,
+        "username": user.username,
+        "name": user.name,
+        "email": user.email,
+        "avatar": get_avatar(user, request),
+        "is_current": is_current,
+    }
+    if hint is not None:
+        data["is_hint"] = bool(hint and user_matches_hint(user, hint))
+    return data
+
+
 def get_known_accounts(request: HttpRequest) -> list[KnownAccount]:
     """Return remembered accounts from the signed browser cookie."""
     raw_accounts = request.COOKIES.get(COOKIE_NAME_KNOWN_ACCOUNTS)
diff --git a/authentik/core/api/users.py b/authentik/core/api/users.py
index 22242e557d..f2d25f6281 100644
--- a/authentik/core/api/users.py
+++ b/authentik/core/api/users.py
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ from authentik.api.search.fields import (
 from authentik.api.validation import validate
 from authentik.blueprints.v1.importer import SERIALIZER_CONTEXT_BLUEPRINT
 from authentik.brands.models import Brand
-from authentik.core.account_selection import get_known_account_users
+from authentik.core.account_selection import (
+    get_known_account_users,
+    serialize_account_selection_user,
+)
 from authentik.core.api.used_by import UsedByMixin
 from authentik.core.api.utils import (
     JSONDictField,
@@ -811,14 +814,7 @@ class UserViewSet(
 
     def _serialize_account_selection_user(self, user: User) -> dict[str, Any]:
         """Serialize an account remembered by this browser."""
-        return {
-            "uid": user.uuid.hex,
-            "username": user.username,
-            "name": user.name,
-            "email": user.email,
-            "avatar": get_avatar(user, self.request),
-            "is_current": user.pk == self.request.user.pk,
-        }
+        return serialize_account_selection_user(self.request, user)
 
     def _get_account_selection_users(self) -> list[User]:
         """Return active known accounts, including the current session user first."""
diff --git a/authentik/stages/account_selection/stage.py b/authentik/stages/account_selection/stage.py
index cc9c783359..b48eff4538 100644
--- a/authentik/stages/account_selection/stage.py
+++ b/authentik/stages/account_selection/stage.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
-from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
 from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.urls import reverse
@@ -19,9 +18,11 @@ from authentik.core.account_selection import (
     get_known_account_session,
     get_known_account_users,
     get_live_account_session,
+    serialize_account_selection_user,
     set_account_selection_context,
     set_session_cookie,
     start_fresh_session,
+    user_matches_hint,
 )
 from authentik.core.api.utils import PassiveSerializer
 from authentik.core.models import Application, AuthenticatedSession, User
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ from authentik.flows.challenge import Challenge, ChallengeResponse
 from authentik.flows.planner import PLAN_CONTEXT_APPLICATION, PLAN_CONTEXT_REDIRECT
 from authentik.flows.stage import ChallengeStageView, StageView
 from authentik.flows.views.executor import NEXT_ARG_NAME, SESSION_KEY_GET
-from authentik.lib.avatars import get_avatar
 
 LOGGER = get_logger()
 COMPONENT = "ak-stage-account-selection"
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ class AccountSelectionChallengeUser(PassiveSerializer):
     is_hint = BooleanField()
 
 
-def user_matches_hint(user: User, hint: str) -> bool:
-    """Check whether an account matches the supplied login hint."""
-    return hint in {user.uuid.hex, user.email, user.username}
-
-
 class AccountSelectionChallenge(Challenge):
     """Challenge for selecting a browser-local account."""
 
@@ -101,20 +96,7 @@ class AccountSelectionStageView(ChallengeStageView):
 
     def serialize_account(self, user: User, hint: str = "") -> dict[str, object]:
         """Serialize a selectable account."""
-        is_current = (
-            self.request.user.is_authenticated
-            and not isinstance(self.request.user, AnonymousUser)
-            and user.pk == self.request.user.pk
-        )
-        return {
-            "uid": user.uuid.hex,
-            "username": user.username,
-            "name": user.name,
-            "email": user.email,
-            "avatar": get_avatar(user, self.request),
-            "is_current": is_current,
-            "is_hint": bool(hint and user_matches_hint(user, hint)),
-        }
+        return serialize_account_selection_user(self.request, user, hint)
 
     def get_challenge(self) -> AccountSelectionChallenge:
         """Show the current account and live remembered accounts for this browser."""