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SCA: security update for com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream (GHSA-j9h8-phrw-h4fh)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416277

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back again. In affected versions this
 vulnerability may allow a remote attacker 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. XStream 1.4.18 uses
 no longer a blacklist by default, since it cannot be secured for general purpose. (CVE-2021-39144)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j9h8-phrw-h4fh

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 416277

Version: Revision 1.8

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: High

Score: 8

Percentile: 99.68

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-39144

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/25/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2021

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/31/2023

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (VMware NSX Manager XStream unauthenticated RCE)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-39144