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.

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 3116b6f3-b433-11f0-82ac-901b0edee044 advisory.

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    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2025-61783)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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. (CVE-2025-61783)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
272037	FreeBSD : py-social-auth-app-django -- Unsafe account association (3116b6f3-b433-11f0-82ac-901b0edee044)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	medium
270215	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-61783	Nessus	Misc.	medium
435552	SCA: security update for social-auth-app-django (GHSA-wv4w-6qv2-qqfg)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
435552	SCA: security update for social-auth-app-django (GHSA-wv4w-6qv2-qqfg)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium

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