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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 30, 2011· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2011-4212

CVE-2011-4212

Description

The sandbox environment in the Google App Engine Python SDK before 1.5.4 does not properly prevent os.popen calls, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary commands via a dev_appserver.RestrictedPathFunction._original_os reference within the code parameter to _ah/admin/interactive/execute, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1364.

Affected products

37
  • Google/App Engine Python Sdk37 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 36 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.5.3
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:app_engine_python_sdk:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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