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CVE-2011-4212

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.2%EU EUVD

The sandbox environment in the Google App Engine Python SDK before 1.5.4 does not properly prevent os.popen calls, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary commands via a dev_appserver.RestrictedPathFunction._original_os reference within the code parameter to _ah/admin/interactive/execute, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1364.

Key facts

CVSS score
7.2 (v2.0)
Severity
HIGH
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-264
EPSS score
0.2% (14th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2011-4154)
Published
October 30, 2011
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-4154 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk
  • google / app engine python sdk

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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