Description
XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back again. In affected versions this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to allocate 100% CPU time on the target system depending on CPU type or parallel execution of such a payload resulting in a denial of service 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. XStream 1.4.18 uses no longer a blacklist by default, since it cannot be secured for general purpose.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-6wf9-jmg9-vxcc
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-39140.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00017.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP/
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN7BPBERXREB/
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PVPHZA7VW2RRSDCOIPP2W6O5ND254TU7/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5004
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210923-0003/
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0014
EPSS Percentile
33.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-502
CWE-835
Status
published
Products (36)
com.thoughtworks.xstream/xstream
0 - 1.4.18Maven
debian/debian_linux
9.0
debian/debian_linux
10.0
debian/debian_linux
11.0
fedoraproject/fedora
33
fedoraproject/fedora
34
fedoraproject/fedora
35
netapp/snapmanager
(2 CPE variants)
oracle/business_activity_monitoring
12.2.1.4.0
oracle/commerce_guided_search
11.3.2
... and 26 more
Published
Aug 23, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026