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CVE-2021-39139

In affected versions this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to load and execute arbitrary code from a remote host only by manipulating the processed input stream.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 4.54%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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 load and execute arbitrary code from a remote host only by manipulating the processed input stream. A user is only affected if using the version out of the box with JDK 1.7u21 or below. However, this scenario can be adjusted easily to an external Xalan that works regardless of the version of the Java runtime. No user is affected, who followed the recommendation to setup XStream's security framework with a whitelist limited to the minimal required types. XStream 1.4.18 uses no longer a blacklist by default, since it cannot be secured for general purpose.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
4.54% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-434, CWE-502
Affected
xstream/xstream · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · netapp/snapmanager · oracle/business activity monitoring · oracle/commerce guided search · oracle/communications billing and revenue management elastic charging engine · oracle/communications cloud native core automated test suite · oracle/communications cloud native core binding support function · oracle/communications cloud native core policy · oracle/communications unified inventory management · oracle/retail xstore point of service · oracle/utilities framework · oracle/utilities testing accelerator · oracle/webcenter portal
Source
security-advisories@github.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.