CVE-2021-39152

HIGH EXPLOITED NUCLEI

XStream < 1.4.18 - Remote Code Execution via Deserialization

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2021-39152 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV). A Nuclei detection template is also available.

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 request data from internal resources that are not publicly available only by manipulating the processed input stream with a Java runtime version 14 to 8. 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](https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#framework), you will have to use at least version 1.4.18.

Nuclei Templates (1)

XStream <1.4.18 - Server-Side Request Forgery
HIGHby pwnhxl

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-39152.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00017.html
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
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

Scores

CVSS v3 8.5
EPSS 0.6177
EPSS Percentile 98.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2026-02-14
CWE
CWE-502 CWE-918
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