django · sarahboyce · Aug 27, 2025 · Aug 26, 2025
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/__init__.py b/django/contrib/auth/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import hmac
 import inspect
 import re
 import warnings
@@ -7,6 +6,7 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured, PermissionDenied
 from django.middleware.csrf import rotate_token
+from django.utils.crypto import constant_time_compare
 from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango61Warning
 from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 from django.views.decorators.debug import sensitive_variables
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def login(request, user, backend=None):
     if SESSION_KEY in request.session:
         if _get_user_session_key(request) != user.pk or (
             session_auth_hash
-            and not hmac.compare_digest(
+            and not constant_time_compare(
                 request.session.get(HASH_SESSION_KEY, ""), session_auth_hash
             )
         ):
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ async def alogin(request, user, backend=None):
     if await request.session.ahas_key(SESSION_KEY):
         if await _aget_user_session_key(request) != user.pk or (
             session_auth_hash
-            and not hmac.compare_digest(
+            and not constant_time_compare(
                 await request.session.aget(HASH_SESSION_KEY, ""),
                 session_auth_hash,
             )
@@ -323,15 +323,15 @@ def get_user(request):
                     session_hash_verified = False
                 else:
                     session_auth_hash = user.get_session_auth_hash()
-                    session_hash_verified = hmac.compare_digest(
+                    session_hash_verified = constant_time_compare(
                         session_hash, session_auth_hash
                     )
                 if not session_hash_verified:
                     # If the current secret does not verify the session, try
                     # with the fallback secrets and stop when a matching one is
                     # found.
                     if session_hash and any(
-                        hmac.compare_digest(session_hash, fallback_auth_hash)
+                        constant_time_compare(session_hash, fallback_auth_hash)
                         for fallback_auth_hash in user.get_session_auth_fallback_hash()
                     ):
                         request.session.cycle_key()
@@ -364,15 +364,15 @@ async def aget_user(request):
                     session_hash_verified = False
                 else:
                     session_auth_hash = user.get_session_auth_hash()
-                    session_hash_verified = hmac.compare_digest(
+                    session_hash_verified = constant_time_compare(
                         session_hash, session_auth_hash
                     )
                 if not session_hash_verified:
                     # If the current secret does not verify the session, try
                     # with the fallback secrets and stop when a matching one is
                     # found.
                     if session_hash and any(
-                        hmac.compare_digest(session_hash, fallback_auth_hash)
+                        constant_time_compare(session_hash, fallback_auth_hash)
                         for fallback_auth_hash in user.get_session_auth_fallback_hash()
                     ):
                         await request.session.acycle_key()

diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/hashers.py b/django/contrib/auth/hashers.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import binascii
 import functools
 import hashlib
-import hmac
 import importlib
 import math
 import warnings
@@ -13,7 +12,12 @@
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.core.signals import setting_changed
 from django.dispatch import receiver
-from django.utils.crypto import RANDOM_STRING_CHARS, get_random_string, pbkdf2
+from django.utils.crypto import (
+    RANDOM_STRING_CHARS,
+    constant_time_compare,
+    get_random_string,
+    pbkdf2,
+)
 from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes, force_str
 from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_noop as _
@@ -345,7 +349,7 @@ def decode(self, encoded):
     def verify(self, password, encoded):
         decoded = self.decode(encoded)
         encoded_2 = self.encode(password, decoded["salt"], decoded["iterations"])
-        return hmac.compare_digest(encoded, encoded_2)
+        return constant_time_compare(encoded, encoded_2)
 
     def safe_summary(self, encoded):
         decoded = self.decode(encoded)
@@ -529,7 +533,7 @@ def verify(self, password, encoded):
         algorithm, data = encoded.split("$", 1)
         assert algorithm == self.algorithm
         encoded_2 = self.encode(password, data.encode("ascii"))
-        return hmac.compare_digest(encoded, encoded_2)
+        return constant_time_compare(encoded, encoded_2)
 
     def safe_summary(self, encoded):
         decoded = self.decode(encoded)
@@ -624,7 +628,7 @@ def verify(self, password, encoded):
             decoded["block_size"],
             decoded["parallelism"],
         )
-        return hmac.compare_digest(encoded, encoded_2)
+        return constant_time_compare(encoded, encoded_2)
 
     def safe_summary(self, encoded):
         decoded = self.decode(encoded)
@@ -677,7 +681,7 @@ def decode(self, encoded):
     def verify(self, password, encoded):
         decoded = self.decode(encoded)
         encoded_2 = self.encode(password, decoded["salt"])
-        return hmac.compare_digest(encoded, encoded_2)
+        return constant_time_compare(encoded, encoded_2)
 
     def safe_summary(self, encoded):
         decoded = self.decode(encoded)

diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/tokens.py b/django/contrib/auth/tokens.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import hmac
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils.crypto import salted_hmac
+from django.utils.crypto import constant_time_compare, salted_hmac
 from django.utils.http import base36_to_int, int_to_base36
 
 
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ def check_token(self, user, token):
 
         # Check that the timestamp/uid has not been tampered with
         for secret in [self.secret, *self.secret_fallbacks]:
-            if hmac.compare_digest(
+            if constant_time_compare(
                 self._make_token_with_timestamp(user, ts, secret),
                 token,
             ):

diff --git a/django/core/signing.py b/django/core/signing.py
@@ -36,13 +36,12 @@
 
 import base64
 import datetime
-import hmac
 import json
 import time
 import zlib
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils.crypto import salted_hmac
+from django.utils.crypto import constant_time_compare, salted_hmac
 from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
 from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 from django.utils.regex_helper import _lazy_re_compile
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ def unsign(self, signed_value):
             raise BadSignature('No "%s" found in value' % self.sep)
         value, sig = signed_value.rsplit(self.sep, 1)
         for key in [self.key, *self.fallback_keys]:
-            if hmac.compare_digest(sig, self.signature(value, key)):
+            if constant_time_compare(sig, self.signature(value, key)):
                 return value
         raise BadSignature('Signature "%s" does not match' % sig)
 

diff --git a/django/middleware/csrf.py b/django/middleware/csrf.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 against request forgeries from other sites.
 """
 
-import hmac
 import logging
 import string
 from collections import defaultdict
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@
 from django.http import HttpHeaders, UnreadablePostError
 from django.urls import get_callable
 from django.utils.cache import patch_vary_headers
-from django.utils.crypto import get_random_string
+from django.utils.crypto import constant_time_compare, get_random_string
 from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 from django.utils.http import is_same_domain
@@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ def _does_token_match(request_csrf_token, csrf_secret):
     if len(request_csrf_token) == CSRF_TOKEN_LENGTH:
         request_csrf_token = _unmask_cipher_token(request_csrf_token)
     assert len(request_csrf_token) == CSRF_SECRET_LENGTH
-    return hmac.compare_digest(request_csrf_token, csrf_secret)
+    return constant_time_compare(request_csrf_token, csrf_secret)
 
 
 class RejectRequest(Exception):

diff --git a/django/utils/crypto.py b/django/utils/crypto.py
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@
 import hashlib
 import hmac
 import secrets
-import warnings
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango70Warning
 from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
 
 
@@ -66,12 +64,7 @@ def get_random_string(length, allowed_chars=RANDOM_STRING_CHARS):
 
 def constant_time_compare(val1, val2):
     """Return True if the two strings are equal, False otherwise."""
-    warnings.warn(
-        "constant_time_compare() is deprecated. Use hmac.compare_digest() instead.",
-        RemovedInDjango70Warning,
-        stacklevel=2,
-    )
-    return hmac.compare_digest(val1, val2)
+    return secrets.compare_digest(force_bytes(val1), force_bytes(val2))
 
 
 def pbkdf2(password, salt, iterations, dklen=0, digest=None):

diff --git a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ details on these changes.
 * The ``django.core.mail.forbid_multi_line_headers()`` and
   ``django.core.mail.message.sanitize_address()`` functions will be removed.
 
-* The ``django.utils.crypto.constant_time_compare()`` function will be removed.
-
 .. _deprecation-removed-in-6.1:
 
 6.1

diff --git a/docs/releases/6.0.txt b/docs/releases/6.0.txt
@@ -570,9 +570,6 @@ Miscellaneous
 * The undocumented ``django.core.mail.forbid_multi_line_headers()`` and
   ``django.core.mail.message.sanitize_address()`` functions are deprecated.
 
-* The ``django.utils.crypto.constant_time_compare()`` function is deprecated
-  because it is merely an alias of :py:func:`hmac.compare_digest`.
-
 Features removed in 6.0
 =======================
 

diff --git a/tests/utils_tests/test_crypto.py b/tests/utils_tests/test_crypto.py
@@ -2,34 +2,25 @@
 import unittest
 
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase
-from django.test.utils import ignore_warnings
 from django.utils.crypto import (
     InvalidAlgorithm,
     constant_time_compare,
     pbkdf2,
     salted_hmac,
 )
-from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango70Warning
 
 
 class TestUtilsCryptoMisc(SimpleTestCase):
-    # RemovedInDjango70Warning.
-    @ignore_warnings(category=RemovedInDjango70Warning)
     def test_constant_time_compare(self):
         # It's hard to test for constant time, just test the result.
         self.assertTrue(constant_time_compare(b"spam", b"spam"))
         self.assertFalse(constant_time_compare(b"spam", b"eggs"))
         self.assertTrue(constant_time_compare("spam", "spam"))
         self.assertFalse(constant_time_compare("spam", "eggs"))
-
-    def test_constant_time_compare_deprecated(self):
-        msg = (
-            "constant_time_compare() is deprecated. "
-            "Use hmac.compare_digest() instead."
-        )
-        with self.assertWarnsMessage(RemovedInDjango70Warning, msg) as ctx:
-            constant_time_compare(b"spam", b"spam")
-        self.assertEqual(ctx.filename, __file__)
+        self.assertTrue(constant_time_compare(b"spam", "spam"))
+        self.assertFalse(constant_time_compare("spam", b"eggs"))
+        self.assertTrue(constant_time_compare("ありがとう", "ありがとう"))
+        self.assertFalse(constant_time_compare("ありがとう", "おはよう"))
 
     def test_salted_hmac(self):
         tests = [