VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-45115

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.60%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-01-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Primary references