CVE-2021-29505

XStream is software for serializing Java objects to XML and back again. A vulnerability in XStream versions prior to 1.4.17 may allow a remote attacker has sufficient rights to execute commands of the host only by manipulating the processed input stream. No user who followed the recommendation to setup XStream's security framework with a whitelist limited to the minimal required types is affected. The vulnerability is patched in version 1.4.17.

Affected products

Alt Linux, Astra Linux, Centos, Jira, Red Hat, Suse, Xstream

Xstream

< 1.4.17

Fix

Available

CVSS 3.1

8.8 HIGH

EPSS

77.2% (100th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-502, CWE-94

NVD status

Modified

Published

2021-05-28