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GHSA-X7Q2-WR7G-XQMF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-10 06:33 – Updated: 2025-11-04 19:47

Summary

Django vulnerable to user enumeration attack

Details

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.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

6.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "Django"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "5.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.0.7"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "Django"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.2"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.2.14"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-39329"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-208"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-07-10T21:42:19Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-07-10T05:15:12Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-x7q2-wr7g-xqmf",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T19:47:54Z",
  "published": "2024-07-10T06:33:52Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39329"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/django/django/commit/07cefdee4a9d1fcd9a3a631cbd07c78defd1923b"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/django/django/commit/156d3186c96e3ec2ca73b8b25dc2ef366e38df14"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/django/django"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-57.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0005"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Django vulnerable to user enumeration attack"
}

CVE-2024-39329 (GCVE-0-2024-39329)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-10 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 16:12

Summary

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.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-07-10 16:17 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-208 - Observable Timing Discrepancy

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/se…
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-…
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/…
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2024080…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
djangoproject	django	Affected: 5.0 , < 5.0.7 (custom) Affected: 4.2 , < 4.2.14 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django::::::::

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PYSEC-2024-57

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2024-07-10 05:15 - Updated: 2024-07-10 11:20

Details

Impacted products

Name	purl
django	pkg:pypi/django

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "django",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/django"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "5.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.0.7"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "4.2"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.2.14"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "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",
        "5.0",
        "5.0.1",
        "5.0.2",
        "5.0.3",
        "5.0.4",
        "5.0.5",
        "5.0.6"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-39329",
    "GHSA-x7q2-wr7g-xqmf"
  ],
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  "id": "PYSEC-2024-57",
  "modified": "2024-07-10T11:20:07.604887+00:00",
  "published": "2024-07-10T05:15:00+00:00",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x7q2-wr7g-xqmf"
    }
  ]
}

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