CVE-2021-21348: apache activemq Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-21348 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in apache activemq. EPSS estimates a 13.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 22-03-2021
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-10-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

XStream is a Java library to serialize objects to XML and back again. In XStream before version 1.4.16, there is a vulnerability which may allow a remote attacker to occupy a thread that consumes maximum CPU time and will never return. No user is affected, who followed the recommendation to setup XStream's security framework with a whitelist limited to the minimal required types. If you rely on XStream's default blacklist of the Security Framework, you will have to use at least version 1.4.16.

• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionThe product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
• CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted DataThe product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid.