# CVE-2025-13473: Username enumeration through timing difference in mod\_wsgi authentication handler

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-42, BIT-DJANGO-2025-13473, GHSA-2MCM-79HX-8FXW
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.0.2, 5.2.11, 4.2.28
- Published: 2026-02-03 · Updated: 2026-02-03

## Affected

- django: from 6.0, fixed in 6.0.2; from 5.2, fixed in 5.2.11; from 4.2, fixed in 4.2.28
- django (PyPI): from 4.2, fixed in 4.2.28; from 5.2, fixed in 5.2.11; from 6.0, fixed in 6.0.2
- django (PyPI): from 6.0a1, fixed in 6.0.2
- django (PyPI): from 5.2a1, fixed in 5.2.11
- django (PyPI): from 4.2a1, fixed in 4.2.28

## Description

An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.2, 5.2 before 5.2.11, and 4.2 before 4.2.28. The `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. Django would like to thank Stackered for reporting this issue.

## What to do

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## References

- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
- https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/feb/03/security-releases/

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