# CVE-2026-57179: social-auth-core has a Session Fixation issue

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-4168, GHSA-VQG6-3FW6-J9JG
- Severity: CVSS 4.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/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: 2026-09-24

## 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 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`. The issue has been fixed in version 5.0.0 by binding partial pipeline resumes to the originating browser session.

## 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-vqg6-3fw6-j9jg

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