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authorSarah Boyce <42296566+sarahboyce@users.noreply.github.com>2026-05-13 18:05:40 +0200
committerJacob Walls <jacobtylerwalls@gmail.com>2026-05-20 16:17:41 -0400
commite78a46a8fb291a11a31b6938b5089db1058f3925 (patch)
tree92ca82ef03e7a884205aafa96445c13b8028c545
parent0c0bda7f79a2de89a55cfcc8e60467d6588f406f (diff)
Increased the default PBKDF2 iterations for Django 6.2.
-rw-r--r--django/contrib/auth/hashers.py2
-rw-r--r--docs/releases/6.2.txt3
-rw-r--r--tests/auth_tests/test_hashers.py10
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/hashers.py b/django/contrib/auth/hashers.py
index 814185e51a..7e9b7c090a 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/hashers.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/hashers.py
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ class PBKDF2PasswordHasher(BasePasswordHasher):
"""
algorithm = "pbkdf2_sha256"
- iterations = 1_500_000
+ iterations = 1_800_000
digest = hashlib.sha256
def encode(self, password, salt, iterations=None):
diff --git a/docs/releases/6.2.txt b/docs/releases/6.2.txt
index 7ea0c58137..ba9396313d 100644
--- a/docs/releases/6.2.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/6.2.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ Minor features
:mod:`django.contrib.auth`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-* ...
+* The default iteration count for the PBKDF2 password hasher is increased from
+ 1,500,000 to 1,800,000.
:mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/tests/auth_tests/test_hashers.py b/tests/auth_tests/test_hashers.py
index 9fb7e3f95d..8815bb02d9 100644
--- a/tests/auth_tests/test_hashers.py
+++ b/tests/auth_tests/test_hashers.py
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ class TestUtilsHashPass(SimpleTestCase):
encoded = make_password("lètmein", "seasalt", "pbkdf2_sha256")
self.assertEqual(
encoded,
- "pbkdf2_sha256$1500000$"
- "seasalt$P4UiMPVduVWIL/oS1GzH+IofsccjJNM5hUTikBvi5to=",
+ "pbkdf2_sha256$1800000$"
+ "seasalt$sXv9FzN4gEo6/P8G5H1jvir9BIb5e5EkXoVGyjOniNE=",
)
self.assertTrue(is_password_usable(encoded))
self.assertTrue(check_password("lètmein", encoded))
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ class TestUtilsHashPass(SimpleTestCase):
encoded = hasher.encode("lètmein", "seasalt2")
self.assertEqual(
encoded,
- "pbkdf2_sha256$1500000$"
- "seasalt2$xWKIh704updzhxL+vMfPbhVsHljK62FyE988AtcoHU4=",
+ "pbkdf2_sha256$1800000$"
+ "seasalt2$swjWuQn/bYIeQWF1JQRMdMdckgYo6ZXtwyjAMt8Nxdg=",
)
self.assertTrue(hasher.verify("lètmein", encoded))
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class TestUtilsHashPass(SimpleTestCase):
hasher = PBKDF2SHA1PasswordHasher()
encoded = hasher.encode("lètmein", "seasalt2")
self.assertEqual(
- encoded, "pbkdf2_sha1$1500000$seasalt2$ep4Ou2hnt2mlvMRsIjUln0Z5MYY="
+ encoded, "pbkdf2_sha1$1800000$seasalt2$MEx5Z/KZ384PO7zdMHxMvXH2k3g="
)
self.assertTrue(hasher.verify("lètmein", encoded))