CVE-2021-39152

high-risk
Published 2021-08-23

XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back again. In affected versions this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to request data from internal resources that are not publicly available only by manipulating the processed input stream with a Java runtime version 14 to 8. No user is affected, who followed the recommendation to setup XStream's security framework with a whitelist limited to the minimal required types. If you rely on XStream's default blacklist of the [Security Framework](https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#framework), you will have to use at least version 1.4.18.

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61.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 38% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 8.5/10 High
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

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Severity 25/34 · High
Exploitability 19/34 · Moderate
Exposure 23/34 · High