CVE-2021-21350 is a critical vulnerability in the XStream Java library (versions prior to 1.4.16) that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through manipulated input streams. This deserialization vulnerability, affecting products like Apache, Oracle, and Debian, carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a severe impact with no user interaction required and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While the vulnerability is critical, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. Organizations are advised to update XStream to version 1.4.16 or implement a strict whitelist for the security framework.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.