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CVE-2021-22097 Details

Description

In Spring AMQP versions 2.2.0 - 2.2.18 and 2.3.0 - 2.3.10, the Spring AMQP Message object, in its toString() method, will deserialize a body for a message with content type application/x-java-serialized-object. It is possible to construct a malicious java.util.Dictionary object that can cause 100% CPU usage in the application if the toString() method is called.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2021-22097	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2021-22097	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-502	Deserialization of Untrusted Data	[email protected]
CWE-502	Deserialization of Untrusted Data	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
vmware spring advanced message queuing protocol	>= 2.2.0, <= 2.2.18 >= 2.3.0, <= 2.3.10
CPE cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_advanced_message_queuing_protocol:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 1, 2021	Initial Analysis	[email protected]