CVE-2026-57179social-auth-core has a Session Fixation issue
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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.
- CVSS
- 4.2 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-384
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Sep 24, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
python-social-auth social-core python_social_auth:social_core (from the name) | before 5.0.0 | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/security/advisories/GHSA-vqg6-3fw6-j9jgx-refsource-confirm
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