CVE-2021-29505
XStream is vulnerable to a Remote Command Execution attack
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- May 28, 2021
- Updated
- Oct 7, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 30, 2021
Description
XStream is software for serializing Java objects to XML and back again. A vulnerability in XStream versions prior to 1.4.17 may allow a remote attacker has sufficient rights to execute commands of the host only by manipulating the processed input stream. No user who followed the recommendation to setup XStream's security framework with a whitelist limited to the minimal required types is affected. The vulnerability is patched in version 1.4.17.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
xstreamx-stream |
|
References
- https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-7chv-rrw6-w6fc
- https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/24fac82191292c6ae25f94508d28b9823f83624f
- https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/f0c4a8d861b68ffc3119cfbbbd632deee624e227
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ee51debf7fd184b6a6b020dc31df25118b0aa612885f12fbe77f04f@%3Cdev.jmeter.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00004.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PVPHZA7VW2RRSDCOIPP2W6O5ND254TU7
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN7BPBERXREB
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210708-0007
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5004
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-29505.html
- [jmeter-dev] 20210607 [GitHub] [jmeter] sseide opened a new pull request #667: update x-stream to 1.4.17 (from 1.4.16)mailing-list
- FEDORA-2021-fbad11014avendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2021-d894ca87dcvendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210708-0007/
- FEDORA-2021-5e376c0ed9vendor-advisory
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