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SCA: security update for com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream (GHSA-59jw-jqf4-3wq3)
critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 410738
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 load and execute arbitrary code from a
remote host only by manipulating the processed input stream. 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-2021-21344)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 410738
Version: Revision 1.9
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: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.12
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Medium
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21344
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/22/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/22/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-21344