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CVE-2021-43859: Denial of Service by injecting highly recursive collections or maps in XStream

February 1, 2022 (updated November 4, 2025)

The vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to allocate 100% CPU time on the target system depending on CPU type or parallel execution of such a payload resulting in a denial of service only by manipulating the processed input stream.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-rmr5-cpv2-vgjf
  • github.com/x-stream/xstream
  • github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/e8e88621ba1c85ac3b8620337dd672e0c0c3a846
  • github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-rmr5-cpv2-vgjf
  • lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00018.html
  • lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00023.html
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VACQYG356OHUTD5WQGAQ4L2TTFTAV3SJ
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XODFRE2ZL64FICBJDOPWOLPTSSAI4U7X
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VACQYG356OHUTD5WQGAQ4L2TTFTAV3SJ
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XODFRE2ZL64FICBJDOPWOLPTSSAI4U7X
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43859
  • www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
  • www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
  • x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-43859.html

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.4.19

Fixed versions

  • 1.4.19

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.4.19 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Source file

maven/com.thoughtworks.xstream/xstream/CVE-2021-43859.yml

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