Timing Attack Affecting django package, versions [4.2a1,4.2.28)[5.2a1,5.2.11)[6.0a1,6.0.2)
Threat Intelligence
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- published4 Feb 2026
- disclosed3 Feb 2026
- creditStackered
Introduced: 3 Feb 2026
CVE-2025-13473 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Django to version 4.2.28, 5.2.11, 6.0.2 or higher.
Overview
Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack via the check_password function in the modwsgi.py file. An attacker can determine the existence of valid usernames by measuring response times during authentication attempts.