CVE-2024-39329
python-django - security update
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.17%
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-39329
To remediate CVE-2024-39329, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.2.14 or later
- —upgrade to 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u11 or later
- —upgrade to 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u11 or later
- —upgrade to 5.0.7 or later
- —upgrade to 5.0.7 or later
Is CVE-2024-39329 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (5)
- >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.14, >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.7
- from 0, < 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u11
- from 0, < 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u11
- >= 5.0, < 5.0.7
- >= 5.0, < 5.0.7, >= 4.2, < 4.2.14
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |