{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"BIT-django-2025-13473","published":"2026-02-05T08:38:16.508Z","modified":"2026-09-08T08:46:32.691443851Z","aliases":["CVE-2025-13473","GHSA-2mcm-79hx-8fxw","PYSEC-2026-42"],"summary":"Username enumeration through timing difference in mod_wsgi authentication handler","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.\nThe `django.contrib.auth.handlers.modwsgi.check_password()` function for authentication via `mod_wsgi` allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a timing attack.\nEarlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected.\nDjango would like to thank Stackered for reporting this issue.","affected":[{"package":{"name":"django","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/django"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"4.2.0"},{"fixed":"4.2.28"},{"introduced":"5.2.0"},{"fixed":"5.2.11"},{"introduced":"6.0.0"},{"fixed":"6.0.2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/django/BIT-django-2025-13473.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13473"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/feb/03/security-releases/"}],"database_specific":{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"severity":"Medium"}}