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TI-2017-10589 Aliases CVE-2017-14483GHSA-m264-4675-33rq

flower.initd in the Gentoo dev-python/flower package before 0.9.1-r1 for Celery Flower…

Priority LOW 24CWE-362Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

flower.initd in the Gentoo dev-python/flower package before 0.9.1-r1 for Celery Flower sets PID file ownership to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname`" command.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00207 10th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:dev-python-flower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.9.1Vulnerablegentoo
  • cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:dev-python-flower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.9.1 Vulnerable ·gentoo

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-14483
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m264-4675-33rq

References

Advisory 1

Sources

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