CVE-2011-4356

N/A Unknown
Published: December 05, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46973
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50825
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://github.com/ask/celery/pull/544
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/46973
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50825
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/ask/celery/blob/master/docs/sec/CELERYSA-0001.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://github.com/ask/celery/pull/544
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.3%
27th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

celeryproject