CVE-2021-21344
XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Mar 22, 2021
- Updated
- Oct 7, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 22, 2020
Description
XStream is a Java library to serialize objects to XML and back again. In XStream before version 1.4.16, there is a vulnerability which may allow a remote attacker to load and execute arbitrary code from a remote host only by manipulating the processed input stream. No user is affected, who followed the recommendation to setup XStream's security framework with a whitelist limited to the minimal required types. If you rely on XStream's default blacklist of the Security Framework, you will have to use at least version 1.4.16.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
xstreamx-stream |
|
References
- https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#workaround
- http://x-stream.github.io/changes.html#1.4.16
- https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-59jw-jqf4-3wq3
- https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-21344.html
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210403 [SECURITY] [DLA 2616-1] libxstream-java security updatemailing-list
- [jmeter-dev] 20210406 [GitHub] [jmeter] sseide opened a new pull request #655: update x-stream to 1.4.16 (from 1.4.15)mailing-list
- [activemq-users] 20210427 Release date for ActiveMQ v5.16.2 to fix CVEsmailing-list
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210430-0002/
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- FEDORA-2021-fbad11014avendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2021-d894ca87dcvendor-advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- FEDORA-2021-5e376c0ed9vendor-advisory
- DSA-5004vendor-advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
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