GHSA-wv4w-6qv2-qqfg
Python Social Auth - Django has unsafe account association
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | social-auth-app-django | < 5.6.0 | 5.6.0 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Impact
Upon authentication, the user could be associated by e-mail even if the `associate_by_email` pipeline was not included. This could lead to account compromise when a third-party authentication service does not validate provided e-mail addresses or doesn't require unique e-mail addresses.
### Patches
* https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-app-django/pull/803
### Workarounds
Review the authentication service policy on e-mail addresses; many will not allow exploiting this vulnerability.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-app-django/security/advisories/GHSA-wv4w-6qv2-qqfg
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61783
- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-app-django/issues/220
- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-app-django/issues/231
- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-app-django/issues/634
- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-app-django/pull/803
- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-app-django/commit/10c80e2ebabeccd4e9c84ad0e16e1db74148ed4c
- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-app-django