CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-39152

HighCVSS 8.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
11.38%

96th percentile - higher than 96% of all known CVEs

Summary

XStream is a library to serialize objects to XML and back. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to request data from internal resources not publicly available by manipulating the processed input stream with Java runtime version 14 to 8. Users who followed the recommendation to set up XStream's security framework with a whitelist limited to minimal required types are not affected. If relying on the default blacklist of the Security Framework, you must use at least version 1.4.18.

Risk Assessment

Risk of disclosure of internal data or resources not publicly available, potentially compromising information confidentiality.

Recommendation

It is recommended to configure XStream's security framework with a whitelist limited to minimal required types or upgrade to version 1.4.18.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS