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authorJake Howard <git@theorangeone.net>2025-11-19 16:52:28 +0000
committerJacob Walls <jacobtylerwalls@gmail.com>2026-02-03 07:59:11 -0500
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parentd64ef2429f43cc69a9d5f491650734bb3c51c21d (diff)
[6.0.x] Fixed CVE-2025-13473 -- Standardized timing of check_password() in mod_wsgi auth handler.
Refs CVE-2024-39329, #20760. Thanks Stackered for the report, and Jacob Walls and Markus Holtermann for the reviews. Co-authored-by: Natalia <124304+nessita@users.noreply.github.com> Backport of 3eb814e02a4c336866d4189fa0c24fd1875863ed from main.
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@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ Django 6.0.2 fixes three security issues with severity "high", two security
issues with severity "moderate", one security issue with severity "low", and
several bugs in 6.0.1.
+CVE-2025-13473: Username enumeration through timing difference in mod_wsgi authentication handler
+=================================================================================================
+
+The ``django.contrib.auth.handlers.modwsgi.check_password()`` function for
+:doc:`authentication via mod_wsgi</howto/deployment/wsgi/apache-auth>`
+allowed remote attackers to enumerate users via a timing attack.
+
+This issue has severity "low" according to the :ref:`Django security policy
+<security-disclosure>`.
+
Bugfixes
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