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CVE-2021-21350

XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack

Description

Impact

The vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code 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.

Patches

If you rely on XStream's default blacklist of the Security Framework, you will have to use at least version 1.4.16.

Workarounds

See workarounds for the different versions covering all CVEs.

References

See full information about the nature of the vulnerability and the steps to reproduce it in XStream's documentation for CVE-2021-21350.

Credits

The vulnerability was discovered and reported by threedr3am.

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Score
Severity
Ecosystem
Java
Publish Date
March 22, 2021
Modified Date
December 3, 2025
Score Vector
Affected Versions