CVE-2011-4356
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.003 · 26 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (24)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-rpc6-h455-3rx5Celery local privilege escalation vulnerability2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2011-172011-12-05vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (10)
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- https://github.com/ask/celery/blob/master/docs/sec/CELERYSA-0001.txtcnnvd
- https://github.com/ask/celery/pull/544cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46973enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50825enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/ask/celery/blob/master/docs/sec/CELERYSA-0001.txtenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/ask/celery/pull/544enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46973nvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50825nvd
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