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Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Mar 23, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-21342

CVE-2021-21342

Description

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.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstreamMaven
< 1.4.161.4.16

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