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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 8.8 High
- Status
- Modified - security-advisories@github.com
- Published
- 2021-05-28
- Last modified
- 2026-10-07
- Weaknesses
- CWE-502, CWE-94
Affected products
- Debian Linux (Debian)
- Fedora (Fedoraproject)
- Snapmanager (Netapp)
- Banking Cash Management (Oracle)
- Banking Corporate Lending Process Management (Oracle)
- Banking Credit Facilities Process Management (Oracle)
- Banking Supply Chain Finance (Oracle)
- Banking Trade Finance Process Management (Oracle)
- Business Activity Monitoring (Oracle)
- Communications Brm - Elastic Charging Engine (Oracle)
- Communications Unified Inventory Management (Oracle)
- Enterprise Manager Ops Center (Oracle)
- Retail Customer Insights (Oracle)
- Retail Xstore Point Of Service (Oracle)
- Webcenter Portal (Oracle)
- Webcenter Sites (Oracle)
- Xstream (X-stream)
- Xstream (Xstream)
References
- https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-7chv-rrw6-w6fc
- https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/24fac82191292c6ae25f94508d28b9823f83624f
- https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/f0c4a8d861b68ffc3119cfbbbd632deee624e227
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ee51debf7fd184b6a6b020dc31df25118b0aa612885f12fbe77f04f@%3Cdev.jmeter.apache.org…
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00004.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FW…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PVPHZA7VW2RRSDCOIPP2W6O5…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN7B…
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210708-0007
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5004
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-29505.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ee51debf7fd184b6a6b020dc31df25118b0aa612885f12fbe77f04f%40%3Cdev.jmeter.apache.o…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN…
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210708-0007/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PVPHZA7VW2RRSDCOIPP2W6…