The mod_wsgi module before 3.5 for Apache, when daemon mode is enabled, does not properly handle error codes returned by setuid when run on
The mod_wsgi module before 3.5 for Apache, when daemon mode is enabled, does not properly handle error codes returned by setuid when run on certain Linux kernels, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors related to the number of running processes.
- Published
- May 27, 2014
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 33th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-264
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Report tools
Action score
24
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 24 / 40 · 6.2 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| modwsgi | mod wsgi | cpe:2.3:a:modwsgi:mod_wsgi |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- modwsgi mod wsgiup to 3.4 inclusive
- modwsgi mod wsgi1.0
- modwsgi mod wsgi1.1
- modwsgi mod wsgi1.2
- modwsgi mod wsgi1.3
- modwsgi mod wsgi1.4
- modwsgi mod wsgi1.5
- modwsgi mod wsgi1.6
- modwsgi mod wsgi2.0
- modwsgi mod wsgi2.1
- modwsgi mod wsgi2.2
- modwsgi mod wsgi2.3
- modwsgi mod wsgi2.4
- modwsgi mod wsgi2.5
- modwsgi mod wsgi2.6
- modwsgi mod wsgi2.7
- modwsgi mod wsgi2.8
- modwsgi mod wsgi3.0
- modwsgi mod wsgi3.1
- modwsgi mod wsgi3.2
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | mod-wsgi | before 3.5-1 | 3.5-1 |
| Debian:6.0 | mod-wsgi | before 3.3-2+deb6u1 | 3.3-2+deb6u1 |
| Debian:7 | mod-wsgi | before 3.3-4+deb7u1 | 3.3-4+deb7u1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | mod_wsgi | before 0:3.2-6.el6_5 | 0:3.2-6.el6_5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | mod_wsgi-debuginfo | before 0:3.2-6.el6_5 | 0:3.2-6.el6_5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | mod_wsgi | before 0:3.4-12.el7_0 | 0:3.4-12.el7_0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | mod_wsgi-debuginfo | before 0:3.4-12.el7_0 | 0:3.4-12.el7_0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el6 | python27-mod_wsgi | before 0:3.4-12.el6 | 0:3.4-12.el6 |
| Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el6 | python27-mod_wsgi-debuginfo | before 0:3.4-12.el6 | 0:3.4-12.el6 |
| Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el6 | python33-mod_wsgi | before 0:3.4-14.el6 | 0:3.4-14.el6 |
| Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el6 | python33-mod_wsgi-debuginfo | before 0:3.4-14.el6 | 0:3.4-14.el6 |
| Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el7 | python27-mod_wsgi | before 0:3.4-13.el7 | 0:3.4-13.el7 |
| Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el7 | python27-mod_wsgi-debuginfo | before 0:3.4-13.el7 | 0:3.4-13.el7 |
| Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el7 | python33-mod_wsgi | before 0:3.4-13.el7 | 0:3.4-13.el7 |
| Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el7 | python33-mod_wsgi-debuginfo | before 0:3.4-13.el7 | 0:3.4-13.el7 |
Same product
modwsgi: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2022-2255A vulnerability was found in mod_wsgi.30Monitor
- CVE-2014-8583mod_wsgi before 4.2.4 for Apache, when creating a daemon process group, does not properly handle when group privileges cannot be dropped, wh27Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:mod-wsgi | 3.5-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:mod_wsgi | 0:3.2-6.el6_5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:mod_wsgi-debuginfo | 0:3.2-6.el6_5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:python27-mod_wsgi | 0:3.4-12.el6 · Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:python27-mod_wsgi-debuginfo | 0:3.4-12.el6 · Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:python33-mod_wsgi | 0:3.4-14.el6 · Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:python33-mod_wsgi-debuginfo | 0:3.4-14.el6 · Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- High
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsCVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
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References
- blog.dscpl.com.au/2014/05/security-release-for-modwsgi-version-35.html
- modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-3.5.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0789.html
- secunia.com/advisories/59551
- secunia.com/advisories/60094
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/21/1
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/67532
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.