CVE-2026-57179: social-auth-core has a Session Fixation issue
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.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqg6-3fw6-j9jg
- github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/commit/0418782454ac7bbc6a9230ea21f7f5066fe89686
- github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/pull/1816
- github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/releases/tag/5.0.0
- github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/security/advisories/GHSA-vqg6-3fw6-j9jg
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57179
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