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GHSA-74cv-f58x-f9wf

GitHub Security Advisory

XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary File Deletion on the local host when unmarshalling as long as the executing process has sufficient rights

✓ GitHub Reviewed MODERATE Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact
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.

### Patches
If you rely on XStream's default blacklist of the [Security Framework](https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#framework), you will have to use at least version 1.4.16.

### Workarounds
See [workarounds](https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#workaround) 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-2021-21343](https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-21343.html).

### Credits
钟潦贵 (Liaogui Zhong) 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:
* Open an issue in [XStream](https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues)
* Contact us at [XStream Google Group](https://groups.google.com/group/xstream-user)

Affected Packages

Maven com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 1.4.16)

Related CVEs

Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-74cv-f58x-f9wf
Published
March 22, 2021 11:28 PM
Last Modified
February 8, 2022 9:32 PM
CVSS Score
5.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Maven
Primary Package
com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 9, 2025 6:27 AM

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