Celery 2.1 and 2.2 before 2.2.8, 2.3 before 2.3.4, and 2.4 before 2.4.4 changes the effective id but not the real id during processing of the --uid and --gid arguments to celerybeat, celeryd_detach, celeryd-multi, and celeryev, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving crafted code that is executed by the worker process
Published Dec 5, 2011
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.33%
Description
Celery 2.1 and 2.2 before 2.2.8, 2.3 before 2.3.4, and 2.4 before 2.4.4 changes the effective id but not the real id during processing of the --uid and --gid arguments to celerybeat, celeryd_detach, celeryd-multi, and celeryev, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving crafted code that is executed by the worker process.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.1.0
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
- 2.2.6
- 2.2.7
- 2.3.0
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.2
- 2.4.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00330) | 23.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00346) | 26.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00047) | 11.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46973 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50825 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rpc6-h455-3rx5 Advisory
- https://github.com/ask/celery/blob/master/docs/sec/CELERYSA-0001.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://github.com/ask/celery/pull/544 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/celery/celery/blob/master/docs/sec/CELERYSA-0001.txt
- https://github.com/celery/celery/commit/53514b158b743678d8993638be5920cd09ccc35c
- https://github.com/celery/celery/commit/73388921731a0e6feb28ab0d389c4f7dc4d524f6
- https://github.com/celery/celery/commit/e0767e40994754fe8482bf4ff622c5c6d0b9f671
- https://github.com/celery/celery/pull/544
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/celery/PYSEC-2011-17.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4356
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140722114447/http://secunia.com/advisories/46973
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200305001706/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50825
Change history (0)
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