django-celery-results through 1.2.1 stores task results in the database.
Priority LOW 34CWE-312Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-312.
Summary
django-celery-results through 1.2.1 stores task results in the database. Among the data it stores are the variables passed into the tasks. The variables may contain sensitive cleartext information that does not belong unencrypted in the database.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00871 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed django-celery-results (PyPI): 2.4.0
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | django-celery-results (PyPI) | before 2.4.0 | 2.4.0 | Patch available | GHSA-fvx8-v524-8579 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- django-celery-results (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.4.0 Fixed in 2.4.0 Patch available GHSA-fvx8-v524-8579
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:django-celery-results_project:django-celery-results:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 1.2.1 | Vulnerable | Django-celery-results Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:django-celery-results_project:django-celery-results:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.2.1 Vulnerable ·Django-celery-results Project
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-fvx8-v524-8579 django-celery-results (PyPI) Fixed in 2.4.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-17495
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fvx8-v524-8579
References
Advisory 3
Other 5
- https://github.com/celery/django-celery-results/issues/154
- https://github.com/celery/django-celery-results/pull/316
- https://github.com/celery/django-celery-results/commit/ad508fe3433499e5fc94645412d911e174863f28
- https://github.com/celery/django-celery-results
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django-celery-results/PYSEC-2020-38.yaml
Sources
- CVE-2020-17495 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-17495 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fvx8-v524-8579 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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