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 where the processed stream at unmarshalling time contains type information to recreate the formerly written objects. XStream creates therefore new instances based on these type information. An attacker can manipulate the processed input stream and replace or inject objects, that result in the deletion of a file on the local host. 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.
References (15)
Core 15
Core References
Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#workaround
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://x-stream.github.io/changes.html#1.4.16
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-74cv-f58x-f9wf
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-21343.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00002.html
Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ac71b047767205aa22e3a08cb33f3e0586de6b2fac48b425c6e16b0%40%3Cdev.jmeter.apache.org%3E
Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8244fd0831db894d5e89911ded9c72196d395a90ae655414d23ed0dd%40%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210430-0002/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN7BPBERXREB/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PVPHZA7VW2RRSDCOIPP2W6O5ND254TU7/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5004
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0062
EPSS Percentile
70.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-502
CWE-73
Status
published
Products (39)
apache/activemq
5.16.0
apache/activemq
5.16.1
apache/activemq
< 5.15.14
apache/jmeter
< 5.5
com.thoughtworks.xstream/xstream
0 - 1.4.16Maven
debian/debian_linux
9.0
debian/debian_linux
10.0
debian/debian_linux
11.0
fedoraproject/fedora
33
fedoraproject/fedora
34
... and 29 more
Published
Mar 23, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026