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io.codemodder.codemods.HardenXStreamCodemod.description.md Maven / Gradle / Ivy

This change hardens usage of the `XStream` library to prevent remote code execution attacks.

XStream is a very flexible library, but it has a history of serious vulnerabilities when handling untrusted data because it was never intended for that use case. There are some fundamental issues with the design that make it difficult to make safe when using it by default.

Our change hardens new instances of `XStream` so that they can't deserialize types that are commonly used in exploits (and never in normal usage) and it looks like this:

```diff
+ import io.github.pixee.security.xstream.HardeningConverter;
  XStream xstream = new XStream();
+ xstream.registerConverter(new HardeningConverter());
  return (AcmeObject)xstream.fromXML(xml);
```

Looking at the [history of exploits](https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#CVEs) shows that this change will either stop most exploits or raise the bar of exploitation. If you believe there should be more types added to the denylist, please [fill out a ticket](https://github.com/pixee/java-security-toolkit/issues/new) with your suggestions.