Bug 2540614 (CVE-2026-57179) - CVE-2026-57179 social-auth-core: social-auth-core: Session fixation via unbound partial-pipeline tokens
Summary: CVE-2026-57179 social-auth-core: social-auth-core: Session fixation via unbou...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-57179
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-24 17:49 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-29 08:06 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-24 17:49:15 UTC
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.


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