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CVE-2021-23727

This affects the package celery before 5.2.2. It by default trusts the messages and metadata stored in backends (result

This affects the package celery before 5.2.2. It by default trusts the messages and metadata stored in backends (result stores). When reading task metadata from the backend, the data is deserialized.

Given that an attacker can gain access to, or somehow manipulate the metadata within a celery backend, they could trigger a stored command injection vulnerability and potentially gain further access to the system.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.01396
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Affected Products & Versions

3

Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI celery HIGH fixed in 5.2.2

Public Exploits & PoCs

1

Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · report@snyk.io
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None Low High
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None Required
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None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD29 Dec 2021 · 05:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/celery/celery/blob/master/Changelog.rst%23522Broken LinkRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
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