GHSA-vqg6-3fw6-j9jg
social-auth-core has a Session Fixation issue
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | social-auth-core | < 5.0.0 | 5.0.0 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Impact
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`.
### Patches
The issue has been fixed by binding partial pipeline resumes to the originating browser session.
Users should upgrade to a patched version.
Fix:
* https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/pull/1816
* https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-docs/pull/444
* https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-app-django/pull/1009
### Workarounds
Applications that cannot upgrade immediately should disable resumable partial pipeline steps, including `mail_validation` and custom steps decorated with `@partial`.
If those flows are required, applications should avoid accepting partial resume links from untrusted contexts until a patched version can be deployed.
There is no complete workaround while continuing to use the vulnerable partial-pipeline resume mechanism.
### Credits
Reported through GitHub private vulnerability reporting by Liyi Zhou, Ziyue Wang, Strick, Maurice, and Chenchen Yu from the University of Sydney security research team.
Reporter references:
* https://lzhou1110.github.io/
* https://zyy0530.github.io/
* https://str1ckl4nd.github.io/
* https://maurice.busystar.org/
* https://7thparkk.github.io/
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/security/advisories/GHSA-vqg6-3fw6-j9jg
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57179
- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/pull/1816
- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/commit/0418782454ac7bbc6a9230ea21f7f5066fe89686
- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-core
- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/releases/tag/5.0.0