CVE-2021-45115

HIGH7.5EPSS 0.41%

Denial-of-service in Django

Published: 1/12/2022Modified: 9/20/2024
Also known as:GHSA-53qw-q765-4fwwBIT-django-2021-45115PYSEC-2022-1

Description

An issue was discovered in Django 2.2 before 2.2.26, 3.2 before 3.2.11, and 4.0 before 4.0.1. `UserAttributeSimilarityValidator` incurred significant overhead in evaluating a submitted password that was artificially large in relation to the comparison values. In a situation where access to user registration was unrestricted, this provided a potential vector for a denial-of-service attack.

Affected packages (5)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
osvCVSS 3.1HIGH7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References (18)