GHSA-vqg6-3fw6-j9jg social-auth-core has a Session Fixation issue

• PyPI social-auth-core: < 5.0.0 → fixed in 5.0.0

Impact 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`. Patches The issue has been fixed by binding partial pipeline resumes to the originating browser session. Users should upgrade to a patched version. Fix: • https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/pull/1816 • https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-docs/pull/444 • https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-app-django/pull/1009 Workarounds Applications that cannot upgrade immediately should disable resumable partial pipeline steps, including `mail_validation` and custom steps decorated with `@partial`. If those flows are required, applications should avoid accepting partial resume links from untrusted contexts until a patched version can be deployed. There is no complete workaround while continuing to use the vulnerable partial-pipeline resume mechanism. Credits Reported through GitHub private vulnerability reporting by Liyi Zhou, Ziyue Wang, Strick, Maurice, and Chenchen Yu from the University of Sydney security research team. Reporter references: • https://lzhou1110.github.io/ • https://zyy0530.github.io/ • https://str1ckl4nd.github.io/ • https://maurice.busystar.org/ • https://7thparkk.github.io/