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SCA: security update for social-auth-core (GHSA-3c93-f73f-qc9h)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 448345

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 `vk-app`
 backend accepted VK application callback data without verifying the callback signature when the `auth_key`
 parameter was omitted. Applications using this backend could treat unsigned attacker-controlled data as a
 verified VK identity. An attacker could choose callback fields such as `viewer_id`, `access_token`,
 `api_id`, and `api_result`, potentially allowing authentication as an arbitrary VK user ID. The issue
 affects only applications using the `vk-app` backend. The issue has been fixed in version 5.0.0 by
 requiring `auth_key` to be present and valid before callback data is trusted. (CVE-2026-57178)

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-3c93-f73f-qc9h

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 448345

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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-57178

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/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-2026-57178