Severity
8.6HIGH
EPSS
6.7%
top 8.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 23
Latest updateAug 22

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 request data from internal resources that are not publicly available 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,

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 1.6 | Impact: 4.0

Affected Packages17 packages

Debianlibxstream-java< 1.4.15-2+3
NVDxstream/xstream< 1.4.16
CVEListV5x-stream/xstream< 1.4.16
NVDoracle/java_se7u321, 8u311+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, 9.0, Fedora 33, 34, 35

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
CVE-2021-21349: XStream is a Java library to serialize objects to XML and back again2021-03-23
GHSA
A Server-Side Forgery Request can be activated unmarshalling with XStream to access data streams from an arbitrary URL referencing a resource in an intranet or the local host2021-03-22
CVEList
A Server-Side Forgery Request can be activated unmarshalling with XStream to access data streams from an arbitrary URL referencing a resource in an intranet or the local host2021-03-22
OSV
A Server-Side Forgery Request can be activated unmarshalling with XStream to access data streams from an arbitrary URL referencing a resource in an intranet or the local host2021-03-22

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
XStream vulnerabilities2024-08-22
Ubuntu
XStream vulnerabilities2021-05-11
Red Hat
XStream: SSRF can be activated unmarshalling with XStream to access data streams from an arbitrary URL referencing a resource in an intranet or the local host2021-03-12
Debian
CVE-2021-21349: libxstream-java - XStream is a Java library to serialize objects to XML and back again. In XStream...2021