CVE-2024-39329: Djangoproject Django

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Djangoproject Django: from 4.2, before 4.2.14 (fixed in 4.2.14); from 5.0, before 5.0.7 (fixed in 5.0.7)

Published 2024-07-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.