Detections
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SCA: security update for com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream (GHSA-56p8-3fh9-4cvq)
high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 410632
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- XStream is a Java library to serialize objects to XML and back again. In XStream before version 1.4.16,
there is a vulnerability which may allow a remote attacker to occupy a thread that consumes maximum CPU
time and will never return. 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, you will have to use at least version 1.4.16.
(CVE-2021-21348)
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 410632
Version: Revision 1.4
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 1/23/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3
Percentile: 23.18
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21348
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-21348