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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2024-39329 json

Django vulnerable to user enumeration attack

published 2024-07-10 2 y ago modified 2026-09-10 59 d ago also BIT-django-2024-39329 , EUVD-2024-0041 , GHSA-x7q2-wr7g-xqmf , PYSEC-2024-57

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • pypi django 4.2.14, 5.0.7
  • bitnami django 4.2.14, 5.0.7
  • djangoproject django 4.2.14, 5.0.7
  • python-django Debian 12 3:3.2.25-0+deb12u1
  • python-django Debian 14, Debian 13 3:4.2.14-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-39329

  • python-django Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.23
  • python-django Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.12
  • python-django Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.1
  • python-django Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm5

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39329

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • cjson satellite capsule 6.16, satellite 6.16 1.7.17-1.el8sat
  • cjson satellite capsule 6.16, satellite 6.16 1.7.17-1.el9sat
  • foreman satellite utils 6.16, satellite capsule 6.16, satellite 6.16 3.12.0.1-1.el8sat
  • foreman satellite utils 6.16, satellite capsule 6.16, satellite 6.16 3.12.0.1-1.el9sat
  • katello satellite capsule 6.16, satellite 6.16 4.14.0-0.1.rc2.el8sat
  • katello satellite capsule 6.16, satellite 6.16 4.14.0-0.1.rc2.el9sat
  • libsolv satellite capsule 6.16, satellite 6.16 1:0.7.20-6.el8sat
  • libcomps satellite capsule 6.16, satellite 6.16 0.1.21-1.el8pc

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:8906RHSA-2024:9481RHSA-2024:6428

  • python-Django SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 4.2.11-150600.3.3.1
  • python-Django openSUSE Leap 15.5 2.0.7-150000.1.20.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:2577-1SUSE-SU-2024:2545-1

  • python-Django5 openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.2.16-1.1
  • python-Django openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.2.16-1.1
  • python-Django4 openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.2.30-4.1
  • python-Django6 openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.0-1.1
  • python-Django Package Hub 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 2.2.28-bp155.7.12.1
  • python-Django4 openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.2.14-1.1
  • python-Django openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.0.7-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11270-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11248-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11235-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10005-1openSUSE-SU-2024:0251-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14208-1

  • py3-django Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +2 more 4.2.16-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2024-39329

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-39329 updated cvss 3.7

python-django: Username enumeration through timing difference for users with unusable passwords

  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2 ansible-tower Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-rhel8
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 python-django Red Hat Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 redhat-certification Red Hat Certification Program for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 redhat-certification
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Discovery 1 discovery-server-container
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 python-django20, python3-django20, python-django20-bash-completion
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 python-django20, python3-django20, python-django20-bash-completion Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 python-django, python3-django
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Storage 3 python-django, python2-django, python-django-bash-completion
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Update Infrastructure 4 for Cloud Providers python-django
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 python39-django 4.2.15-1.el8ap, python3x-django 4.2.15-1.el8ap Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 python-django 4.2.15-1.el9ap, python3-django 4.2.15-1.el9ap
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:6428
show 3 more
  • Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift 18.0 python-django 3.2.12-8.el9ost, python3-django 3.2.12-8.el9ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:9481
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 python-django 4.2.16-1.el8pc, python3.11-django 4.2.16-1.el8pc Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 python-django 4.2.16-1.el9pc, python3.11-django 4.2.16-1.el9pc
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:8906
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 python39-zipp 3.19.2-1.el8ap, python39-grpcio 1.58.3-1.el8ap, python3x-grpcio 1.58.3-1.el8ap, python39-gunicorn 22.0.0-2.el8ap, python39-jmespath 0.10.0-5.el8ap, python3x-gunicorn 22.0.0-2.el8ap, +10 more Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 python-zipp 3.19.2-1.el9ap, python3-zipp 3.19.2-1.el9ap, python-grpcio 1.58.3-1.el9ap, python3-grpcio 1.58.3-1.el9ap, python-gunicorn 22.0.0-2.el9ap, python-jmespath 0.10.0-5.el9ap, +11 more Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 cjson 1.7.17-1.el8sat, libcomps 0.1.21-1.el8pc, libsolv 0.7.20-6.el8sat, python-jq 1.6.0-3.el8pc, python-pbr 5.8.0-7.el8pc, candlepin 4.4.16-1.el8sat, +675 more Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 cjson 1.7.17-1.el9sat, libcomps 0.1.21-1.el9pc, python-jq 1.6.0-3.el9pc, python-pbr 5.8.0-7.el9pc, candlepin 4.4.16-1.el9sat, foreman 3.12.0.1-1.el9sat, +645 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi django
>=5.0, <5.0.7
>=4.2, <4.2.14
5.0.7
4.2.14
bitnami django
>=4.2.0, <4.2.14
>=5.0.0, <5.0.7
4.2.14
5.0.7

Affected products

  • djangoproject django

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.