CVE-2024-39329

Aliases:GHSA-x7q2-wr7g-xqmfBIT-django-2024-39329PYSEC-2024-57
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 16
Modified
Published: 10 Jul 2024, 00:00
Last modified:04 Nov 2025, 16:12

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
21/100
CVSS Score
5.3 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.17% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

10 Jul 2024, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Nov 2025, 16:12
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.9CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.17%• Percentile: 37%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-208•Observable Timing Discrepancy

    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 Systems

  • djangoproject•django

    ≥ 4.2, < 4.2.14 | ≥ 5.0, < 5.0.7

  • PyPI•django

    ≥ 5.0, < 5.0.7 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.2.14

References (12)