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GHSA-qpfq-ph7r-qv6f

GitHub Security Advisory

XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack

✓ GitHub Reviewed MODERATE Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact
The vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to load and execute arbitrary code from a remote 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](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-2021-21347](https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-21347.html).

### Credits
The vulnerability was discovered and reported by threedr3am.

### 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)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-qpfq-ph7r-qv6f
Published
March 22, 2021 11:29 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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