CVE-2020-26217

Public on 2020-11-16
Modified on 2021-01-26
Description
A flaw was found in xstream. An unsafe deserialization of user-supplied XML, in conjunction with relying on the default deny list, allows a remote attacker to perform a variety of attacks including a remote code execution of arbitrary code in the context of the JVM running the XStream application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.0
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core xstream 2021-01-25 ALAS2-2021-1593 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 9.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C