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High severityCISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Aug 23, 2021· Updated Oct 21, 2025

XStream is vulnerable to a Remote Command Execution attack

CVE-2021-39144

Description

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.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstreamMaven
< 1.4.181.4.18

Affected products

1
  • x-stream/xstreamv5
    Range: < 1.4.18

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

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