CVE-2020-17495
django-celery-results Stores Sensitive Information In Cleartext
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.5
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-17495- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-17495- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-0063 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-0063- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fvx8-v524-8579
8.7
django-celery-results Stores Sensitive Information In Cleartext
django-celery-results prior to 2.4.0 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.
In version 2.4.0 this is no longer the default behaviour but can be re-enabled with the result_extended flag in which case care should be taken to ensure any sensitive variables are scrubbed - see here for an example.
- Record
GHSA-fvx8-v524-8579- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.5
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-17495- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-17495
7.5
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-17495- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-fvx8-v524-8579
8.7
django-celery-results Stores Sensitive Information In Cleartext
django-celery-results prior to 2.4.0 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.
In version 2.4.0 this is no longer the default behaviour but can be re-enabled with the result_extended flag in which case care should be taken to ensure any sensitive variables are scrubbed - see here for an example.
- Record
GHSA-fvx8-v524-8579- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-17495
7.5
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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-17495- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2020-38 No score
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.
- Record
PYSEC-2020-38- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
django-celery-resultsPyPI |
before 2.4.0 | 2.4.0 |
python-django-celery-resultsDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.4.0-32.5.1-12.5.1-22.5.1-2.12.5.1-32.6.0-12.6.0-2 |
None known |
python-django-celery-resultsDebian:13 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.5.1-32.6.0-12.6.0-2 |
None known |
python-django-celery-resultsDebian:14 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.5.1-32.6.0-12.6.0-2 |
None known |
django-celery-resultsPyPI |
before 2.4.0, plus listed versions 1.0.01.0.11.0.21.0.31.0.4 Show 11 moreShow less1.1.01.1.11.1.21.2.01.2.12.0.02.0.12.1.02.2.02.3.02.3.1 |
2.4.0 |
django-celery-resultsPyPI |
before 2.0.0, plus listed versions 1.0.01.0.11.0.21.0.31.0.4 Show 5 moreShow less1.1.01.1.11.1.21.2.01.2.1 |
2.0.0 |
python-django-celery-resultsUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.0.1-1 |
None known |
python-django-celery-resultsUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.0.4-1 |
None known |
python-django-celery-resultsUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.0.0-1 |
None known |
python-django-celery-resultsUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.5.1-1ubuntu1 |
None known |
python-django-celery-resultsUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.5.1-3 |
None known |
python-django-celery-resultsUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.6.0-12.6.0-2 |
None known |
python-django-celery-resultsUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.5.1-32.6.0-1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-17495 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Django-celery-results Project Django-celery-results, published August 11, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.87%, the 59th percentile. Fixed in django-celery-results 2.4.0.
References
github.com/celery/django-celery-results/issues/142
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17495
github.com/celery/django-celery-results/issues/154
github.com/celery/django-celery-results/pull/316
github.com/celery/django-celery-results/commit/ad508fe3433499e5fc94645412d911e174863f28
github.com/advisories/GHSA-fvx8-v524-8579