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SCA: security update for com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream (GHSA-hwpc-8xqv-jvj4)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 415993

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 who has sufficient rights to execute commands
 of the 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-2021-21345)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hwpc-8xqv-jvj4

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 415993

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: 5

Percentile: 95.11

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21345

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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-2021-21345