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CVE-2021-45115

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2022-01-05 Modified: 2026-06-17

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 Platforms

Djangoproject DjangoFedoraproject Fedora

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References