CVE-2026-115910
Python Social Auth: OpenID Connect nonce is not bound to the browser session, so a stolen authorization code logs the attacker in as the victim
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.8 Medium
- Published
- Oct 26, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 31, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 23, 2026
Description
Python Social Auth is a social authentication and registration mechanism. Prior to 6.2.0, OpenIdConnectAuth in social_core/backends/open_id_connect.py uses get_and_store_nonce to place the OpenID Connect nonce in a shared OpenIdConnectAssociation table, and get_nonce and validate_claims 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 DEFAULT_USE_PKCE disabled in the default OpenIdConnectAuth configuration, the attacker can be logged in as the victim. This issue is fixed in version 6.2.0.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.8 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
social-corepython-social-auth |
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References
- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/security/advisories/GHSA-h2r5-x5m7-3935
- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/pull/2141
- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/commit/c2f2ae4663bef19ee8b07f2cf5a2344f9155d826
- https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/releases/tag/6.2.0
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