`CVE-2021-35517`

Affected software	11 products, listed below
Severity	7.5 High CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in	`1.21`
Weakness	CWE-130
Published	13 Jul 2021
Updated	8 Oct 2026

Description

When reading a specially crafted TAR archive, Compress can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out of memory error even for very small inputs. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' tar package.

CWE-770

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 5 years ago.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 11% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

VRT has not found a public code change for this CVE yet.

Protection none
Action not pursued
Review human Researcher
Record active

Decided by	Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding	A manual classification set this CVE's status to No source fix or exploit.

Decided by

Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

Finding

A manual classification set this CVE's status to No source fix or exploit.

CVSS

7.5 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD Primary published

CVSS 2.0 5.0 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P NVD Primary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.1	7.5	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`	NVD	Primary	published
CVSS 2.0	5.0	none	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`	NVD	Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2024 ↗	CPU	2024-Q1	Oracle Fusion Middleware / Oracle JDeveloper (Apache Commons Compress) (12.2.1.4.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2023 ↗	CPU	2023-Q3	Oracle Analytics / Installation (Apache Commons Compress) (6.4.0.0.0) Oracle Fusion Middleware / General (Apache Commons Compress) (12.2.1.4.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2023 ↗	CPU	2023-Q2	Oracle Analytics / Content Storage Service (Apache Commons Compress) (12.2.1.4.0) Oracle Blockchain Platform / BCS Console (Apache Commons Compress) (Prior to 21.1.3) Oracle Financial Services Applications / Infrastructure (Apache Commons Compress) (2.7, 2.8, 2.9)

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2024 ↗

CPU

2024-Q1

Oracle Fusion Middleware / Oracle JDeveloper (Apache Commons Compress) (12.2.1.4.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2023 ↗

CPU

2023-Q3

Oracle Analytics / Installation (Apache Commons Compress) (6.4.0.0.0)
Oracle Fusion Middleware / General (Apache Commons Compress) (12.2.1.4.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2023 ↗

CPU

2023-Q2

Oracle Analytics / Content Storage Service (Apache Commons Compress) (12.2.1.4.0)
Oracle Blockchain Platform / BCS Console (Apache Commons Compress) (Prior to 21.1.3)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / Infrastructure (Apache Commons Compress) (2.7, 2.8, 2.9)

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Analytics	Content Storage Service (Apache Commons Compress)	12.2.1.4.0	12.2.1.4.0
Oracle Analytics	Installation (Apache Commons Compress)	6.4.0.0.0	6.4.0.0.0
Oracle Blockchain Platform	BCS Console (Apache Commons Compress)	Prior to 21.1.3
Oracle Financial Services Applications	Infrastructure (Apache Commons Compress)	2.7, 2.8, 2.9	2.7 · 2.8 · 2.9
Oracle Fusion Middleware	General (Apache Commons Compress)	12.2.1.4.0	12.2.1.4.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware	Oracle JDeveloper (Apache Commons Compress)	12.2.1.4.0	12.2.1.4.0

Family

Component

Versions, as Oracle lists them

Read as

Oracle Analytics

Content Storage Service (Apache Commons Compress)

12.2.1.4.0

Oracle Analytics

Installation (Apache Commons Compress)

6.4.0.0.0

Oracle Blockchain Platform

BCS Console (Apache Commons Compress)

Prior to 21.1.3

Oracle Financial Services Applications

Infrastructure (Apache Commons Compress)

2.7, 2.8, 2.9

2.7 · 2.8 · 2.9

Oracle Fusion Middleware

General (Apache Commons Compress)

12.2.1.4.0

Oracle Fusion Middleware

Oracle JDeveloper (Apache Commons Compress)

12.2.1.4.0

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev

Package Introduced Fixed Last affected

org.apache.commons:commons-compress 0 1.21 unbounded

Package	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`org.apache.commons:commons-compress`	0	`1.21`	unbounded

Products and versions

28 products, 53 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	apache	commons compress	generic	≥ 1.1 and ≤ 1.20
nvd	netapp	active iq unified manager	generic	any version
nvd	netapp	oncommand insight	generic	any version
nvd	oracle	banking apis	generic	≥ 18.1 and ≤ 18.3 · 19.1 · 19.2 · 20.1 · 21.1
nvd	oracle	banking digital experience	generic	≥ 18.1 and ≤ 18.3 · 19.1 · 19.2 · 20.1 · 21.1
nvd	oracle	banking enterprise default management	generic	2.7.0
nvd	oracle	banking party management	generic	2.7.0
nvd	oracle	banking payments	generic	14.5
nvd	oracle	banking trade finance	generic	14.5
nvd	oracle	banking treasury management	generic	14.5
nvd	oracle	business process management suite	generic	12.2.1.3.0 · 12.2.1.4.0
nvd	oracle	commerce guided search	generic	11.3.2
nvd	oracle	communications billing and revenue management	generic	12.0.0.4
nvd	oracle	communications cloud native core service communication proxy	generic	1.14.0
nvd	oracle	communications cloud native core unified data repository	generic	1.14.0
nvd	oracle	communications diameter intelligence hub	generic	≥ 8.0.0 and ≤ 8.2.3
nvd	oracle	communications messaging server	generic	8.1
nvd	oracle	communications session route manager	generic	≥ 8.0.0 and ≤ 8.2.5
nvd	oracle	financial services crime and compliance management studio	generic	8.0.8.2.0 · 8.0.8.3.0
nvd	oracle	financial services enterprise case management	generic	8.0.7.2.0 · 8.0.8.1.0
nvd	oracle	flexcube universal banking	generic	12.4 · ≥ 14.0.0 and ≤ 14.3.0 · 14.5
nvd	oracle	healthcare data repository	generic	8.1.0
nvd	oracle	insurance policy administration	generic	11.0.2 · 11.1.0 · 11.2.8 · 11.3.0 · 11.3.1
nvd	oracle	peoplesoft enterprise peopletools	generic	8.57 · 8.58 · 8.59
nvd	oracle	primavera unifier	generic	≥ 17.7 and ≤ 17.12 · 18.8 · 19.12 · 20.12
nvd	oracle	utilities testing accelerator	generic	6.0.0.1.1 · 6.0.0.2.2 · 6.0.0.3.1
nvd	oracle	webcenter portal	generic	12.2.1.3.0 · 12.2.1.4.0
osv	org.apache.commons	commons-compress	generic	＜ 1.21

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

apache

commons compress

generic

≥ 1.1 and ≤ 1.20

nvd

netapp

active iq unified manager

generic

any version

nvd

netapp

oncommand insight

generic

any version

nvd

oracle

banking apis

generic

≥ 18.1 and ≤ 18.3 · 19.1 · 19.2 · 20.1 · 21.1

nvd

oracle

banking digital experience

generic

≥ 18.1 and ≤ 18.3 · 19.1 · 19.2 · 20.1 · 21.1

nvd

oracle

banking enterprise default management

generic

2.7.0

nvd

oracle

banking party management

generic

2.7.0

nvd

oracle

banking payments

generic

14.5

nvd

oracle

banking trade finance

generic

14.5

nvd

oracle

banking treasury management

generic

14.5

nvd

oracle

business process management suite

generic

12.2.1.3.0 · 12.2.1.4.0

nvd

oracle

commerce guided search

generic

11.3.2

nvd

oracle

communications billing and revenue management

generic

12.0.0.4

nvd

oracle

communications cloud native core service communication proxy

generic

1.14.0

nvd

oracle

communications cloud native core unified data repository

generic

1.14.0

nvd

oracle

communications diameter intelligence hub

generic

≥ 8.0.0 and ≤ 8.2.3

nvd

oracle

communications messaging server

generic

8.1

nvd

oracle

communications session route manager

generic

≥ 8.0.0 and ≤ 8.2.5

nvd

oracle

financial services crime and compliance management studio

generic

8.0.8.2.0 · 8.0.8.3.0

nvd

oracle

financial services enterprise case management

generic

8.0.7.2.0 · 8.0.8.1.0

nvd

oracle

flexcube universal banking

generic

12.4 · ≥ 14.0.0 and ≤ 14.3.0 · 14.5

nvd

oracle

healthcare data repository

generic

8.1.0

nvd

oracle

insurance policy administration

generic

11.0.2 · 11.1.0 · 11.2.8 · 11.3.0 · 11.3.1

nvd

oracle

peoplesoft enterprise peopletools

generic

8.57 · 8.58 · 8.59

nvd

oracle

primavera unifier

generic

≥ 17.7 and ≤ 17.12 · 18.8 · 19.12 · 20.12

nvd

oracle

utilities testing accelerator

generic

6.0.0.1.1 · 6.0.0.2.2 · 6.0.0.3.1

nvd

oracle

webcenter portal

generic

12.2.1.3.0 · 12.2.1.4.0

osv

org.apache.commons

commons-compress

generic

＜ 1.21

References

URL	Tags
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html	WEB
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html	WEB
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html	WEB
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html	WEB
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0001	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfba19167efc785ad3561e7ef29f340d65ac8f0d897aed00e0731e742@%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd4332baaf6debd03d60deb7ec93bee49e5fdbe958cb6800dff7fb00e@%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rba65ed5ddb0586f5b12598f55ec7db3633e7b7fede60466367fbf86a@%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb7adf3e55359819e77230b4586521e5c6874ce5ed93384bdc14d6aee@%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb6e1fa80d34e5ada45f72655d84bfd90db0ca44ef19236a49198c88c@%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E	WEB

URL

Timeline

Published	2021-07-13	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-10-08	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2021-07-13

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-10-08

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

How VRT decided (5 of 24 rules ran)

5 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification decided it matched No exploit published Found in legacy manual classifications

6 non-java-upstream not reached A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component not reached The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side not reached Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven not reached An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central. When every such package is one business applications do not use (Minecraft mods and launchers, Fastjson) and no tracked product is named by CPE, it settles the CVE as Outside Waratek scope instead

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint not reached A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven not reached The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable not reached An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit not reached Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match not reached A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc not reached Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold not reached Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

24 no-exploit-published not reached Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

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