High severity · published May 28, 2021
CVE-2021-29505
XStream is vulnerable to a Remote Command Execution attack
8.8
CVSS
77.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)77.2% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XS
xstream · x-stream
< 1.4.17 · source: vendor, NVD
BC
Banking Cash Management · Oracle
14.2; 14.3; 14.5 · source: NVD
BC
Banking Corporate Lending Process Management · Oracle
14.2.0; 14.3.0; 14.5.0 · source: NVD
BC
Banking Credit Facilities Process Management · Oracle
14.2.0; 14.3.0; 14.5.0 · source: NVD
BS
Banking Supply Chain Finance · Oracle
14.2.0 · source: NVD
BT
Banking Trade Finance Process Management · Oracle
14.5.0 · source: NVD
BA
Business Activity Monitoring · Oracle
11.1.1.9.0; 12.2.1.3.0; 12.2.1.4.0 · source: NVD
CB
Communications Brm - Elastic Charging Engine · Oracle
11.3; 12.0 · source: NVD
CU
Communications Unified Inventory Management · Oracle
7.3.4; 7.3.5; 7.4.0; 7.4.1; 7.4.2 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
EM
Enterprise Manager Ops Center · Oracle
12.4.0.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
33; 34; 35 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29505
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29505
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-7chv-rrw6-w6fc
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/24fac82191292c6ae25f94508d28b9823f83624f
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/f0c4a8d861b68ffc3119cfbbbd632deee624e227
x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ee51debf7fd184b6a6b020dc31df25118b0aa612885f12fbe77f04f@%3Cdev.jmeter.apache.org%3E
x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00004.html
x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP
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