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CVE-2011-4356

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score
6.9 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-264
EPSS score
0.3% (26th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2011-0002)
Published
December 5, 2011
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-0002 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • celeryproject / celery
  • celeryproject / celery
  • celeryproject / celery
  • celeryproject / celery
  • celeryproject / celery
  • celeryproject / celery
  • celeryproject / celery
  • celeryproject / celery
  • celeryproject / celery
  • celeryproject / celery
  • celeryproject / celery
  • celeryproject / celery
  • celeryproject / celery
  • celeryproject / celery
  • celeryproject / celery
  • celeryproject / celery
  • celeryproject / celery

References

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

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