Apache Commons Compress 1.0 to 1.20 denial of service vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-36090
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerapache
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-07-13 08:15:07 UTC
Updated2026-10-08 21:17:36 UTC
DescriptionWhen reading a specially crafted ZIP 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' zip package.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.129450000 probability, percentile 0.962340000 (date 2026-10-10)

Problem Types: CWE-130 | NVD-CWE-Other | CWE-130 CWE-130 Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Commons Compress All All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager - All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager - All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Insight - All All All
Application Oracle Banking Apis 19.1 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Apis 19.2 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Apis 20.1 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Apis 21.1 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Apis All All All All
Application Oracle Banking Digital Experience 19.1 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Digital Experience 19.2 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Digital Experience 20.1 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Digital Experience 21.1 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Digital Experience All All All All
Application Oracle Banking Enterprise Default Management 2.7.0 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Party Management 2.7.0 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Payments 14.5 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Platform 2.12.0 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Platform 2.6.2 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Platform 2.7.1 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Platform 2.9.0 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Trade Finance 14.5 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Treasury Management 14.5 All All All
Application Oracle Business Process Management Suite 12.2.1.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Business Process Management Suite 12.2.1.4.0 All All All
Application Oracle Commerce Guided Search 11.3.2 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Billing And Revenue Management 12.0.0.4 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Automated Test Suite 1.8.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Service Communication Proxy 1.14.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Unified Data Repository 1.14.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Diameter Intelligence Hub 8.2.3 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Diameter Intelligence Hub All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Element Manager All All All All
Operating System Oracle Communications Messaging Server 8.1 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Report Manager All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Route Manager All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management 7.4.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management 7.4.1 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management 7.4.2 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management 7.5.0 All All All
Application Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure All All All All
Application Oracle Financial Services Crime And Compliance Management Studio 8.0.8.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Financial Services Crime And Compliance Management Studio 8.0.8.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Financial Services Enterprise Case Management All All All All
Application Oracle Financial Services Enterprise Case Management 8.0.7.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Financial Services Enterprise Case Management 8.0.8.1.0 All All All
Application Oracle Flexcube Universal Banking 12.4 All All All
Application Oracle Flexcube Universal Banking 14.5 All All All
Application Oracle Flexcube Universal Banking All All All All
Application Oracle Healthcare Data Repository 8.1.0 All All All
Application Oracle Insurance Policy Administration 11.0.2 All All All
Application Oracle Insurance Policy Administration 11.1.0 All All All
Application Oracle Insurance Policy Administration 11.2.8 All All All
Application Oracle Insurance Policy Administration 11.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Insurance Policy Administration 11.3.1 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.57 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.58 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.59 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera Gateway All All All All
Application Oracle Primavera Gateway All All All All
Application Oracle Primavera Gateway All All All All
Application Oracle Primavera Gateway All All All All
Application Oracle Primavera Unifier 18.8 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera Unifier 19.12 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera Unifier 20.12 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera Unifier All All All All
Application Oracle Utilities Testing Accelerator 6.0.0.1.1 All All All
Application Oracle Utilities Testing Accelerator 6.0.0.2.2 All All All
Application Oracle Utilities Testing Accelerator 6.0.0.3.1 All All All
Application Oracle Webcenter Portal 12.2.1.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Webcenter Portal 12.2.1.4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Apache Software Foundation Apache Commons Compress affected Apache Commons Compress 1.20 custom Not specified

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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: This issue was discovered by OSS Fuzz. (en)

Additional Advisory Data

Workarounds

CNA: Commons Compress users should upgrade to 1.21 or later.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 150676 Oracle WebLogic Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (APR-2023)
  • 296065 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 39.107.1 Missing (CPUOCT2021)
  • 375970 Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools Product Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUOCT2021)
  • 376263 IBM MQ Multiple Vulnerabilities (6527792)
  • 376367 Oracle Essbase Administration Services Security Update (CPUJAN2022)
  • 750923 OpenSUSE Security Update for apache-commons-compress (openSUSE-SU-2021:2612-1)
  • 750938 OpenSUSE Security Update for apache-commons-compress (openSUSE-SU-2021:1115-1)
  • 980268 Java (maven) Security Update for org.apache.commons:commons-compress (GHSA-mc84-pj99-q6hh)

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