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social-auth-core has a Session Fixation issue

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

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CVE-2026-57179

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-57179

social-core

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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[
  {
    "vendor": "python-social-auth",
    "product": "social-core",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "< 5.0.0"
      }
    ]
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-57179

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medium

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

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#1835 · Revision 1
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