{"id":"GHSA-2mcm-79hx-8fxw","summary":"Django has Observable Timing Discrepancy","details":"An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.2, 5.2 before 5.2.11, and 4.2 before 4.2.28.\n\nThe `django.contrib.auth.handlers.modwsgi.check_password()` function for authentication via `mod_wsgi` allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a timing attack. Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected.\n\nDjango would like to thank Stackered for reporting this issue.","aliases":["BIT-django-2025-13473","CVE-2025-13473"],"modified":"2026-02-05T10:25:58.010797Z","published":"2026-02-03T15:30:23Z","related":["CGA-5wcc-7wx7-j93f"],"database_specific":{"github_reviewed_at":"2026-02-03T19:22:54Z","nvd_published_at":"2026-02-03T15:16:11Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-208"],"severity":"LOW","github_reviewed":true},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13473"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/django/django"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/feb/03/security-releases"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"django","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/django"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.0a1"},{"fixed":"6.0.2"}]}],"versions":["6.0","6.0.1","6.0a1","6.0b1","6.0rc1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-2mcm-79hx-8fxw/GHSA-2mcm-79hx-8fxw.json"}},{"package":{"name":"django","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/django"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.2a1"},{"fixed":"5.2.11"}]}],"versions":["5.2","5.2.1","5.2.10","5.2.2","5.2.3","5.2.4","5.2.5","5.2.6","5.2.7","5.2.8","5.2.9","5.2a1","5.2b1","5.2rc1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-2mcm-79hx-8fxw/GHSA-2mcm-79hx-8fxw.json"}},{"package":{"name":"django","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/django"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.2a1"},{"fixed":"4.2.28"}]}],"versions":["4.2","4.2.1","4.2.10","4.2.11","4.2.12","4.2.13","4.2.14","4.2.15","4.2.16","4.2.17","4.2.18","4.2.19","4.2.2","4.2.20","4.2.21","4.2.22","4.2.23","4.2.24","4.2.25","4.2.26","4.2.27","4.2.3","4.2.4","4.2.5","4.2.6","4.2.7","4.2.8","4.2.9","4.2a1","4.2b1","4.2rc1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-2mcm-79hx-8fxw/GHSA-2mcm-79hx-8fxw.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"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/E:U"}]}