Vulnerability advisory

GHSA-x7q2-wr7g-xqmf

Django vulnerable to user enumeration attack

Published Jul 10, 2024Updated Sep 10, 2026OSV record ↗

Also known as BIT-django-2024-39329CVE-2024-39329PYSEC-2024-57

Severity

CVSS 3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected versions

django PyPI

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Affected	Fixed in
`5.0` to before 5.0.7	`5.0.7`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (7) `5.0` `5.0.1` `5.0.2` `5.0.3` `5.0.4` `5.0.5` `5.0.6`
`4.2` to before 4.2.14	`4.2.14`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (14) `4.2` `4.2.1` `4.2.10` `4.2.11` `4.2.12` `4.2.13` `4.2.2` `4.2.3` `4.2.4` `4.2.5` `4.2.6` `4.2.7` `4.2.8` `4.2.9`

Description

An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.7 and 4.2 before 4.2.14. The django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend.authenticate() method allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a timing attack involving login requests for users with an unusable password.

GHSA-x7q2-wr7g-xqmf

Affected versions

django PyPI

Description

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