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CVE-2024-39329

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-208

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.

Affected products

• Django: from 4.2 before 4.2.14; from 5.0 before 5.0.7 — fixed in 4.2.14, 5.0.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Django 4.2.14, 5.0.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases/
• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0005/
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases/

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