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Deserialization of Untrusted Data

CVE-2021-39150

High
8.5/10

Summary

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. Users who followed the recommendation to setup XStream's security framework with a whitelist limited to the minimal required types are not affected by this vulnerability. If you rely on XStream's default blacklist of the Security Framework you are vulnerable in com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream versions prior to 1.4.18.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Deserialization of untrusted data vulnerabilities enable an attacker to replace or manipulate a serialized object, replacing it with malicious data. When the object is deserialized at the victim's end the malicious data is able to compromise the victim’s system. The exploit can be devastating, its impact may range from privilege escalation, broken access control, or denial of service attacks to allowing unauthorized access to the application's internal code and logic which can compromise the entire system.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published