Celery 2 lifecycle

Current status

standard supportlow

Celery 2 is currently in standard support.

Security: 4 tracked advisories affecting this line. Details below — lifecycle and vulnerability status are separate.

Official lifecycle source: Celery PyPI releases

Support phase
standard support
End of life
Not officially published
Latest release
2.0.1
Released
9 Jul 2010

At a glance

Version line
2
Initial release
2 Jul 2010
Lifecycle phase
standard support
Latest stable
2.0.1
Latest release date
9 Jul 2010
EOL
Not officially published
Risk
low
Releases tracked
39

Lifecycle timeline

Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.

  1. Release

    2 Jul 2010

  2. standard supportcurrent

    2 Jul 2010 → —

    Source: Celery PyPI releases

Celery 2 is currently in standard support.

Upgrade options

Newer supported Celery version lines from CompatHub lifecycle data. Compatibility and security context use existing evidence only.

You are on Celery 2

Supported

Supported upgrade options

Open full upgrade planner for Celery 2

Security

Advisories affecting Celery 2 (OSV.dev evidence). Known exploited status, due dates, and ransomware use from CISA KEV when matched.

Known vulnerabilities
4
Known exploited
0
Highest CVSS
  • CVE-2011-4356GHSA-rpc6-h455-3rx5

    Celery local privilege escalation vulnerability

    Affected:
    >=2.1.0,<2.2.8; >=2.3.0,<2.3.4; >=2.4.0,<2.4.4
    Fixed in:
    2.2.8, 2.3.4, 2.4.4
    Source:
    OSV source · Advisory
  • CVE-2021-23727GHSA-q4xr-rc97-m4xx

    OS Command Injection in celery

    Affected:
    <5.2.2
    Fixed in:
    5.2.2
    Source:
    OSV source · Advisory
  • CVE-2021-23727PYSEC-2021-858
    Affected:
    <5.2.2
    Fixed in:
    5.2.2
    Source:
    OSV source · Advisory
  • CVE-2011-4356PYSEC-2011-17
    Affected:
    >=2.4,<2.4.4
    Fixed in:
    2.4.4
    Source:
    OSV source · Advisory

Latest release

2.0.1

Released 9 Jul 2010 · stable

https://pypi.org/pypi/celery/2.0.1/json

Previous releases

  • 2.0.2

    23 Jul 2010

  • 2.0.3

    27 Aug 2010

  • 2.0.0

    2 Jul 2010

Release history

39 concrete releases tracked for this line.

VersionRelease dateChannelSource
2.0.02 Jul 2010stableSource
2.0.19 Jul 2010stableSource
2.0.223 Jul 2010stableSource
2.0.327 Aug 2010stableSource
2.1.08 Oct 2010stableSource
2.1.114 Oct 2010stableSource
2.1.229 Oct 2010stableSource
2.1.39 Nov 2010stableSource
2.1.43 Dec 2010stableSource
2.2.01 Feb 2011stableSource
2.2.12 Feb 2011stableSource
2.2.23 Feb 2011stableSource
2.2.312 Feb 2011stableSource
2.2.419 Feb 2011stableSource
2.2.528 Mar 2011stableSource
2.2.615 Apr 2011stableSource
2.2.713 Jun 2011stableSource
2.2.825 Nov 2011stableSource
2.2.913 Dec 2011stableSource
2.2.107 Feb 2012stableSource
2.3.05 Aug 2011stableSource
2.3.17 Aug 2011stableSource
2.3.27 Sept 2011stableSource
2.3.316 Sept 2011stableSource
2.3.425 Nov 2011stableSource

Release activity

Total releases
39
Last 30 days
0
Last 90 days
0
Avg. interval
~19 days
Most recent
9 Jul 2010

Should I use this version?

Suitable for new deployments

Celery 2 is currently supported (standard support).

Version comparison

Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.

25
Statusstandard supportstandard support
Latest release2.0.05.2.1
EOLNot publishedNot published
Risklowlow

Compatibility

Evidence-backed compatibility results involving Celery 2. Only combinations CompatHub can evaluate from upstream sources are listed.

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Sources

Where this information comes from.

Lifecycle sources

Release sources

Data coverage

Last checked = last successful upstream check. Latest source update = when upstream content last changed.

Releases tracked
39
Lifecycle periods
1
EOL
Not officially published
Provenance records
2
Data last checked
2 Sept 2026
Latest source update
2 Sept 2026

EOL: Not officially published

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