crsf and ion_auth reset password

This is copied from the user guide. Perhaps your form is missing this post data?

Code:

$csrf = array(
        'name' => $this->security->get_csrf_token_name(),
        'hash' => $this->security->get_csrf_hash()
);

...

<input type="hidden" name="<?=$csrf['name'];?>" value="<?=$csrf['hash'];?>" />