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SCA: security update for django-basic-auth-ip-whitelist (GHSA-m38j-pmg3-v5x5)
medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416680
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- In django-basic-auth-ip-whitelist before 0.3.4, a potential timing attack exists on websites where the
basic authentication is used or configured, i.e. BASIC_AUTH_LOGIN and BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD is set.
Currently the string comparison between configured credentials and the ones provided by users is performed
through a character-by-character string comparison. This enables a possibility that attacker may time the
time it takes the server to validate different usernames and password, and use this knowledge to work out
the valid credentials. This attack is understood not to be realistic over the Internet. However, it may be
achieved from within local networks where the website is hosted, e.g. from inside a data centre where a
website's server is located. Sites protected by IP address whitelisting only are unaffected by this
vulnerability. This vulnerability has been fixed on version 0.3.4 of django-basic-auth-ip-whitelist.
Update to version 0.3.4 as soon as possible and change basic authentication username and password
configured on a Django project using this package. A workaround without upgrading to version 0.3.4 is to
stop using basic authentication and use the IP whitelisting component only. It can be achieved by not
setting BASIC_AUTH_LOGIN and BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD in Django project settings. (CVE-2020-4071)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 416680
Version: Revision 1.6
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 1/23/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 1.2
Percentile: 0.01
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Medium
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.1
Temporal Score: 1.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-4071
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.4
Temporal Score: 2.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.3
Threat Score: 1.7
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/23/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-4071
cwe: CWE-208