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.
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Debian DLA |
DLA-4484-1 | python-django security update |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-2mcm-79hx-8fxw | Django has Observable Timing Discrepancy |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8009-1 | Django vulnerabilities |
Solution
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Workaround
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Username enumeration through timing difference in mod_wsgi authentication handler | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-208 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: DSF
Published:
Updated: 2026-02-03T16:19:15.167Z
Reserved: 2025-11-20T11:44:39.641Z
Link: CVE-2025-13473
Updated: 2026-02-03T16:18:59.825Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-02-03T15:16:11.593
Modified: 2026-02-04T17:10:36.833
Link: CVE-2025-13473
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-02-04T12:09:15Z
Debian DLA
Github GHSA
Ubuntu USN