CVE-2011-4356

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4356
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-12-05 11:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCelery 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Celeryproject Celery 2.1.0 All All All
Application Celeryproject Celery 2.2.0 All All All
Application Celeryproject Celery 2.2.1 All All All
Application Celeryproject Celery 2.2.2 All All All
Application Celeryproject Celery 2.2.3 All All All
Application Celeryproject Celery 2.2.4 All All All
Application Celeryproject Celery 2.2.5 All All All
Application Celeryproject Celery 2.2.6 All All All
Application Celeryproject Celery 2.2.7 All All All
Application Celeryproject Celery 2.3.0 All All All
Application Celeryproject Celery 2.3.1 All All All
Application Celeryproject Celery 2.3.2 All All All
Application Celeryproject Celery 2.3.3 All All All
Application Celeryproject Celery 2.4.0 All All All
Application Celeryproject Celery 2.4.1 All All All
Application Celeryproject Celery 2.4.2 All All All
Application Celeryproject Celery 2.4.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
celery/CELERYSA-0001.txt at master · ask/celery · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
Security Advisory SA46973 - Celery Argument Processing Privilege Escalation Security Issue - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Celery Argument Processing Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
github.com/ask/celery/pull/544 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
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