CVE-2020-26217
HIGH8.0EPSS 93.2%Remote Code Execution in XStream
Published: 11/16/2020Modified: 12/3/2025
Description
XStream before version 1.4.14 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution.The vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary shell commands only by manipulating the processed input stream. Only users who rely on blocklists are affected. Anyone using XStream's Security Framework allowlist is not affected. The linked advisory provides code workarounds for users who cannot upgrade. The issue is fixed in version 1.4.14.
Affected packages (5)
- Bitnami/activemqfrom 0, < 5.15.14 | >= 5.16.0, <= 5.16.0
- Debian/libxstream-javafrom 0, < 1.4.14-1
- Debian/libxstream-javafrom 0, < 1.4.9-2+deb9u1
- Debian/libxstream-javafrom 0, < 1.4.11.1-1+deb10u1
- Maven/com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstreamfrom 0, < 1.4.14-java7
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (23)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26217
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-26217
- PATCHhttps://github.com/x-stream/xstream
- WEBhttps://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/0fec095d534126931c99fd38e9c6d41f5c685c1a
- WEBhttps://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-mw36-7c6c-q4q2
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2de526726e7f4db4a7cb91b7355070779f51a84fd985c6529c2f4e9e@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2de526726e7f4db4a7cb91b7355070779f51a84fd985c6529c2f4e9e%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7c9fc255edc0b9cd9567093d131f6d33fde4c662aaf912460ef630e9@%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7c9fc255edc0b9cd9567093d131f6d33fde4c662aaf912460ef630e9%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r826a006fda71cc96fc87b6eca4b5d195f19a292ad36cea501682c38c@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r826a006fda71cc96fc87b6eca4b5d195f19a292ad36cea501682c38c%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/redde3609b89b2a4ff18b536a06ef9a77deb93d47fda8ed28086fa8c3@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/redde3609b89b2a4ff18b536a06ef9a77deb93d47fda8ed28086fa8c3%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00001.html
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210409-0004
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210409-0004/
- WEBhttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4811
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- WEBhttps://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2020-26217.html