An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.2, 5.2 before 5.2.11, and 4.2 before 4.2.28.
The django.contrib.auth.handlers.modwsgi.check_password() function for authentication via mod_wsgi allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a timing attack.
Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected.
Django would like to thank Stackered for reporting this issue.
Weakness
Two separate operations in a product require different amounts of time to complete, in a way that is observable to an actor and reveals security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python-django | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/462.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/541.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/580.html