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SCA: security update for social-auth-core (GHSA-vq6g-g6c7-5f2j)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 448347

Description

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

 - Python Social Auth is a social authentication/registration mechanism. Prior to version 5.0.0, the SAML
 backend accepted SAML responses on the Assertion Consumer Service endpoint without verifying that they
 matched a previously issued `AuthnRequest`. Applications using SAML account association could allow an
 attacker with a valid account on a trusted IdP to link the attacker's SAML identity to a logged-in
 victim's local account. The attacker could then authenticate through SAML and gain access to the victim's
 account. The issue affects applications using the SAML backend together with authenticated account
 association. The issue has been fixed in version 5.0.0 by validating SAML responses against stored
 `AuthnRequest` IDs. (CVE-2026-57175)

Solution

Update the social-auth-core library and its related packages to version 5.0.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vq6g-g6c7-5f2j

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 448347

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 9/25/2026

Updated: 9/25/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.41

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-57175

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-57175

cwe: CWE-287