1 files changed, 17 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/backends.py b/django/contrib/auth/backends.py
index 0793a238d7..514c670602 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/backends.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/backends.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
 
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.contrib.auth import (
+    acheck_password_with_timing_attack_mitigation,
+    check_password_with_timing_attack_mitigation,
+    get_user_model,
+)
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
 from django.db.models import Exists, OuterRef, Q
 from django.views.decorators.debug import sensitive_variables
@@ -66,12 +70,12 @@ class ModelBackend(BaseBackend):
         try:
             user = UserModel._default_manager.get_by_natural_key(username)
         except UserModel.DoesNotExist:
-            # Run the default password hasher once to reduce the timing
-            # difference between an existing and a nonexistent user (#20760).
-            UserModel().set_password(password)
-        else:
-            if user.check_password(password) and self.user_can_authenticate(user):
-                return user
+            user = None
+
+        if check_password_with_timing_attack_mitigation(
+            user, password
+        ) and self.user_can_authenticate(user):
+            return user
 
     @sensitive_variables("password")
     async def aauthenticate(self, request, username=None, password=None, **kwargs):
@@ -82,14 +86,12 @@ class ModelBackend(BaseBackend):
         try:
             user = await UserModel._default_manager.aget_by_natural_key(username)
         except UserModel.DoesNotExist:
-            # Run the default password hasher once to reduce the timing
-            # difference between an existing and a nonexistent user (#20760).
-            UserModel().set_password(password)
-        else:
-            if await user.acheck_password(password) and self.user_can_authenticate(
-                user
-            ):
-                return user
+            user = None
+
+        if await acheck_password_with_timing_attack_mitigation(
+            user, password
+        ) and self.user_can_authenticate(user):
+            return user
 
     def user_can_authenticate(self, user):
         """