RHSA-2021:0162 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: xstream security update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 7

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · January 19, 2021

Updated · October 8, 2026

Topic

An update for xstream is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

XStream is a Java XML serialization library to serialize objects to and deserialize object from XML.

Security Fix(es):

  • XStream: remote code execution due to insecure XML deserialization when relying on blocklists (CVE-2020-26217)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2021:0162 — Red Hat Security Advisory: xstream security update | PulseLinux