PYSEC-2011-17

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    PYSEC-2011-17

    Published: 5 Dec 2011Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://github.com/ask/celery/blob/master/docs/sec/CELERYSA-0001.txt, https://github.com/ask/celery/pull/544, http://secunia.com/advisories/46973, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50825, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rpc6-h455-3rx5

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: celery

    Purl: pkg:pypi/celery

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.1
    Fixed -2.2.8

    Affected versions

    2.1.0
    2.1.1
    2.1.2
    2.1.3
    2.1.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High