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SCA: security update for com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream (GHSA-hvv8-336g-rx3m)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 415961

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 where the processed stream at unmarshalling time contains type information to
 recreate the formerly written objects. XStream creates therefore new instances based on these type
 information. An attacker can manipulate the processed input stream and replace or inject objects, that
 result in a server-side forgery request. 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-2021-21342)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hvv8-336g-rx3m

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 415961

Version: Revision 1.7

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21342

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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-2021-21342