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PYSEC-2024-57

Quick fix

PYSEC-2024-57 — django: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'django>=4.2.14'

Details

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.

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Affected packages

PyPI/django

Introduced in: 5.0Fixed in: 5.0.7

Fixpip install --upgrade 'django>=4.2.14'

References

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/[WEB]
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce[WEB]
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases/[ARTICLE]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x7q2-wr7g-xqmf[ADVISORY]