Description
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.
Published: 2026-09-24
Score: 4.2 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-vqg6-3fw6-j9jg social-auth-core has a Session Fixation issue
History

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-613
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title social-auth-core has a Session Fixation issue
Weaknesses CWE-384
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-24T18:11:46.002Z

Reserved: 2026-06-24T01:47:55.286Z

Link: CVE-2026-57179

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-24T18:17:15.120

Modified: 2026-09-24T19:17:14.510

Link: CVE-2026-57179

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-09-24T17:27:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-57179 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-25T06:00:13Z

Weaknesses