social-auth-core: VK App backend accepts unsigned callback data when auth_key is missing
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GHSA-3c93-f73f-qc9h | social-auth-core: VK App backend accepts unsigned callback data when auth_key is missing |
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Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.160% probability within 30 days)
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | social-auth-core: VK App backend accepts unsigned callback data when auth_key is missing | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-287 CWE-347 |
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