CVE-2021-29505

XStream is vulnerable to a Remote Command Execution attack

Published May 28, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 77.2% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2704-1 libxstream-java security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5004-1 libxstream-java security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7chv-rrw6-w6fc XStream is vulnerable to a Remote Command Execution attack
References
Link Providers
https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/24fac82191292c6ae25f94508d28b9823f83624f cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/f0c4a8d861b68ffc3119cfbbbd632deee624e227 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-7chv-rrw6-w6fc cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ee51debf7fd184b6a6b020dc31df25118b0aa612885f12fbe77f04f%40%3Cdev.jmeter.apache.org%3E cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ee51debf7fd184b6a6b020dc31df25118b0aa612885f12fbe77f04f@%3Cdev.jmeter.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00004.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP/ cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PVPHZA7VW2RRSDCOIPP2W6O5ND254TU7/ cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN7BPBERXREB/ cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PVPHZA7VW2RRSDCOIPP2W6O5ND254TU7 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN7BPBERXREB cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29505 cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210708-0007 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210708-0007/ cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29505 cve-icon
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5004 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-29505.html cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Oracle retail Customer Insights
Xstream
Xstream xstream
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:xstream_project:xstream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_customer_insights:15.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_customer_insights:16.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xstream:xstream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Xstream Project
Xstream Project xstream
Oracle retail Customer Insights
Xstream
Xstream xstream
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Oct 7, 2026, 8:02 PM
Reserved
Mar 30, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 28, 2021, 9:15 PM
Modified
Oct 7, 2026, 9:17 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
May 14, 2021, 12:00 AM