VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-10173

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability95.04%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-07-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

It was found that xstream API version 1.4.10 before 1.4.11 introduced a regression for a previous deserialization flaw. If the security framework has not been initialized, it may allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary shell commands when unmarshalling XML or any supported format. e.g. JSON. (regression of CVE-2013-7285)

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

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