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CVE-2021-21351

82
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-21351 is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in XStream, a Java library for XML serialization, affecting versions prior to 1.4.16. This flaw allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by manipulating the input stream, impacting products from vendors like Apache, Oracle, and NetApp. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild or Metasploit modules, Nuclei templates exist for detecting this vulnerability, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

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

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
82.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2021-21351 · Mar 12, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8214 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 464 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.7 Bluesky, 0.4 Mastodon, and 1.7 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 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-hrcp-8f3q-4w2cmedium

XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack

Mar 22, 2021
redhatCVE-2021-21351Moderate

XStream: allow a remote attacker to load and execute arbitrary code from a remote host only by manipulating the processed input stream

Mar 12, 2021

References

github.com / x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-hrcp-8f3q-4w2c
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-2021-21351.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
x-stream.github.io / security.html
MitigationThird Party Advisory
x-stream.github.io / changes.html
Release NotesThird Party Advisory