Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2021-21341

68
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-21341 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting XStream versions prior to 1.4.16, a Java library for XML serialization, and consequently impacts products like Apache, Debian, and Oracle that utilize it. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) allows a remote attacker to consume 100% CPU resources by manipulating the input stream, leading to a denial of service without requiring user interaction. While no public exploits or Metasploit modules are available, and community discussion is minimal, its FAUCET Risk Score of 90/100 indicates a significant potential risk. Organizations are advised to update XStream to version 1.4.16 or implement a strict security framework whitelist to mitigate this threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 5.15.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.16.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
77.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7780 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstreamFixed in: 1.4.16
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.10Fixed in: xstream
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Integration
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHDM 7.11.0Fixed in: xstream
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHPAM 7.11.0Fixed in: xstream
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Data Grid 8.2.0Fixed in: xstream
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Integration Camel K 1Fixed in: xstream
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 1Fixed in: xstream

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-2p3x-qw9c-25hhhigh

XStream can cause a Denial of Service.

Mar 22, 2021
redhatCVE-2021-21341Moderate

XStream: allow a remote attacker to cause DoS only by manipulating the processed input stream

Mar 12, 2021

References

github.com / x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-2p3x-qw9c-25hh
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r8244fd0831db894d5e89911ded9c72196d395a90ae655414d23ed0dd%40%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r9ac71b047767205aa22e3a08cb33f3e0586de6b2fac48b425c6e16b0%40%3Cdev.jmeter.apache.org%3E
Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00002.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PVPHZA7VW2RRSDCOIPP2W6O5ND254TU7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN7BPBERXREB
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20210430-0002
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2021/dsa-5004
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
PatchVendor Advisory
oracle.com / /security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Third Party Advisory
x-stream.github.io / CVE-2021-21341.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
x-stream.github.io / security.html
MitigationThird Party Advisory
x-stream.github.io / changes.html
Release NotesThird Party Advisory