CVE-2016-2513
LOW3.1EPSS 1.3%Django User Enumeration Vulnerability
Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The password hasher in contrib/auth/hashers.py in Django before 1.8.10 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a timing attack involving login requests.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/python-djangofrom 0, < 1.9.4-1
- PyPI/djangofrom 0, < 1.8.10
- PyPI/djangofrom 0, < 67b46ba7016da2d259c1ecc7d666d11f5e1cfaab | from 0, < 1.8.10, >= 1.9, < 1.9.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | LOW3.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
References (22)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2513
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2513
- ADVISORYhttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases/
- PATCHhttps://github.com/django/django
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0502.html
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0504.html
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0505.html
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0506.html
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/67b46ba7016da2d259c1ecc7d666d11f5e1cfaab
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/af7d09b0c5c6ab68e629fd9baf736f9dd203b18e
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/f4e6e02f7713a6924d16540be279909ff4091eb6
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2016-16.yaml
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20160322001143/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035152
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200228001222/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83878
- WEBhttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases
- WEBhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3544
- WEBhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83878
- WEBhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035152
- WEBhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-1
- WEBhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-2
- WEBhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-3