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HistoryMay 18, 2021 - 6:36 p.m.

XStream is vulnerable to a Remote Command Execution attack

2021-05-1818:36:27
CWE-74
CWE-94
CWE-502
GitHub Advisory Database
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xstream
remote command execution
vulnerability
security framework
patches
workarounds
cve-2021-29505
advisory
tencent security

CVSS2

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.047

Percentile

92.7%

Impact

The 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.

Patches

If you rely on XStream’s default blacklist of the Security Framework, you will have to use at least version 1.4.17.

Workarounds

See workarounds for the different versions covering all CVEs.

References

See full information about the nature of the vulnerability and the steps to reproduce it in XStream’s documentation for CVE-2021-29505.

Credits

V3geB1rd, white hat hacker from Tencent Security Response Center found and reported the issue to XStream and provided the required information to reproduce it.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Affected configurations

Vulners
Node
com.thoughtworks.xstreamxstreamRange<1.4.17
VendorProductVersionCPE
com.thoughtworks.xstreamxstream*cpe:2.3:a:com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References

CVSS2

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.047

Percentile

92.7%