CVE-2021-39152
A Server-Side Forgery Request vulnerability in XStream via HashMap unmarshaling
02 Description
A Server-Side Forgery Request vulnerability in XStream via HashMap unmarshaling
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 11.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-07.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-08-23 18:20Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-07 20:01Z21 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-08-16
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 8870d9f7ba519409230cdff429cc70d5257405b5eb9375d1789d3a07bfe34458
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-xw4p-crpj-vjx2
- x-stream.github.iohttps://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-39152.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210929 [SECURITY] [DLA 2769-1] libxstream-java security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00017.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-fbad11014ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-d894ca87dchttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN7BPBERXREB/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-5e376c0ed9https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PVPHZA7VW2RRSDCOIPP2W6O5ND254TU7/
- www.debian.orgDSA-5004https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5004
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210923-0003/
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libxstream-java Fixed in 1.4.18-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libxstream-java Fixed in 1.4.18-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libxstream-java Fixed in 1.4.18-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libxstream-java Fixed in 1.4.11.1-1+deb10u4build0.18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- libxstream-java Fixed in 1.4.11.1-1ubuntu0.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.