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SCA: security update for com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream (GHSA-74cv-f58x-f9wf)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 411799

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 the deletion of a file on the local host. 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-2021-21343)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-74cv-f58x-f9wf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 411799

Version: Revision 1.6

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

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21343

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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-2021-21343