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Observable Timing Discrepancy

CVE-2024-39329

Medium
6.9/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in Django versions prior to 4.2.14, 5.0.x prior to 5.0.7, 5.1a1, and 5.1b1. 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.

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  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
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  • LOW
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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.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published