# CVE-2026-57177: social-auth-core has Login CSRF via Missing State Parameter in LoginRadius Backend

- Also known as: GHSA-X7QQ-23VW-7PFG, PYSEC-2026-4169
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.0.0
- Published: 2026-09-24 · Updated: 2026-10-05

## Affected

- python-social-auth social-core: fixed in 5.0.0
- social-auth-core (PyPI): fixed in 5.0.0

## Description

Python Social Auth is a social authentication/registration mechanism. Prior to version 5.0.0, the LoginRadius backend did not validate OAuth state during the authentication flow. Applications using this backend were vulnerable to login CSRF. An attacker could cause a victim's browser session to complete authentication using an attacker-controlled LoginRadius token, making the victim authenticated as the attacker's LoginRadius identity. The issue affects only applications using the LoginRadius backend. The issue has been fixe in version 5.0.0 by enabling callback state validation for the LoginRadius backend.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on python-social-auth social-core, social-auth-core, upgrade to a fixed version (5.0.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/security/advisories/GHSA-x7qq-23vw-7pfg

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