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CVE-2022-51020

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Description

Flower before 2.2.0 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability because Tornado xsrf_cookies is disabled and the OAuth session cookie lacks SameSite. Attackers can lure authenticated users to malicious pages that POST to /api/worker/shutdown, /api/worker/pool/restart, or /api/task/revoke to shut down Celery workers, resize pools, and revoke tasks.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.0 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-12 21:17:06.227000
Last modified
2026-11-10 12:10:00.177000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2022-51020",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-12T21:17:06.227",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-10T12:10:00.177",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "value": "Flower before 2.2.0 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability because Tornado xsrf_cookies is disabled and the OAuth session cookie lacks SameSite. Attackers can lure authenticated users to malicious pages that POST to /api/worker/shutdown, /api/worker/pool/restart, or /api/task/revoke to shut down Celery workers, resize pools, and revoke tasks."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Flower versiones anteriores a 2.2.0 contiene una vulnerabilidad de falsificación de petición en sitios cruzados (CSRF) porque xsrf_cookies de Tornado está deshabilitado y la cookie de sesión OAuth no tiene SameSite. Los atacantes pueden engañar a usuarios autenticados a páginas maliciosas que realicen un POST a /api/worker/shutdown, /api/worker/pool/restart o /api/task/revoke para detener los workers de Celery, redimensionar los pools y revocar tareas."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "mher",
          "product": "flower",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "repo": "https://github.com/mher/flower",
          "packageURL": "pkg:pypi/flower",
          "versions": [
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              "lessThan": "2.2.0",
              "versionType": "semver",
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            },
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          ]
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          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
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  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/mher/flower",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/mher/flower/blob/v2.1.0/flower/api/control.py#L25-L27",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
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      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/mher/flower/issues/1217",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flower-before-2.2.0-csrf-via-worker-and-task-control-api-endpoints",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}