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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
Permissions Required
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0005/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0089
EPSS Percentile
54.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-208
Status
published
Products (2)
djangoproject/django
4.2 - 4.2.14
pypi/Django
5.0 - 5.0.7PyPI
Published
Jul 10, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026