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CVE-2026-57179

MEDIUM 4.2

social-auth-core has a Session Fixation issue

CVSS Score
4.2
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Python Social Auth is a social authentication/registration mechanism. Prior to version 5.0.0, the partial-pipeline resume mechanism accepted `partial_token` as a bearer credential without binding it to the browser session that created it. Applications using resumable partial pipeline steps could allow an attacker to start an authentication flow, obtain a valid partial token and verification data, and cause a victim's browser to resume that attacker-controlled flow. This could authenticate the victim's browser as the attacker's account. The issue affects applications using partial pipeline steps such as `mail_validation` or custom steps decorated with `@partial`. The issue has been fixed in version 5.0.0 by binding partial pipeline resumes to the originating browser session.

CWE CWE-384
Vendor python-social-auth
Product social-core
Published Sep 24, 2026
Last Updated Sep 24, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Affected Versions

python-social-auth / social-core
< 5.0.0

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/security/advisories/GHSA-vqg6-3fw6-j9jg