# CVE-2025-61783: Python Social Auth - Django has unsafe account association

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-1932, GHSA-WV4W-6QV2-QQFG
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.6.0
- Published: 2025-10-09 · Updated: 2025-10-15

## Affected

- python-social-auth social-app-django: fixed in 5.6.0
- social-auth-app-django (PyPI): fixed in 5.6.0

## Description

Python Social Auth is a social authentication/registration mechanism. In versions prior to 5.6.0, 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. Version 5.6.0 contains a patch. As a workaround, review the authentication service policy on e-mail addresses; many will not allow exploiting this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on python-social-auth social-app-django, social-auth-app-django, upgrade to a fixed version (5.6.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-app-django/security/advisories/GHSA-wv4w-6qv2-qqfg
- 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

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