UBUNTU-CVE-2026-115910: Medium severity ubuntu/social-auth-core vulnerability

Published Oct 26, 2026
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Updated

Python Social Auth is a social authentication and registration mechanism. Prior to 6.2.0, OpenIdConnectAuth in socialcore/backends/openidconnect.py uses getandstorenonce to place the OpenID Connect nonce in a shared OpenIdConnectAssociation table, and getnonce and validateclaims verify only that the nonce exists and has not expired rather than binding it to the browser session and OAuth state that initiated the login. An attacker who obtains a victim's unused authorization code can start a separate login to obtain valid state for the attacker's browser, submit the victim's code with that state, and pass nonce validation because the victim nonce is globally available. With DEFAULTUSEPKCE disabled in the default OpenIdConnectAuth configuration, the attacker can be logged in as the victim. This issue is fixed in version 6.2.0.

Affected Software

5 affected components
ubuntu/social-auth-core*
ubuntu/social-auth-core*
ubuntu/social-auth-core*
ubuntu/social-auth-core*
ubuntu/social-auth-core*

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Python Social Auth to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.2.0

Event History

Oct 26, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·05:17 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·05:17 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

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