CVE-2025-61783

Python Social Auth - Django has unsafe account association

Published Oct 9, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 6.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-wv4w-6qv2-qqfg Python Social Auth - Django has unsafe account association
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Python-social-auth
Python-social-auth social-app-django
Vendors & Products Python-social-auth
Python-social-auth social-app-django
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Python Social Auth - Django has unsafe account association
Weaknesses CWE-303
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Oct 15, 2025, 7:49 PM
Reserved
Sep 30, 2025, 7:43 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 9, 2025, 9:15 PM
Modified
Oct 8, 2026, 1:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 9, 2025, 8:57 PM