CVE-2021-39153: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

August 23, 2021 (updated November 9, 2023)

XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back again. if using the version out of the box with Java runtime to 8 or with JavaFX installed. Users who followed the recommendation to setup XStream’s security framework with an allow list limited to the minimal required types are not impacted.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39153

Code Behaviors & Features

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