CVE-2021-36374 Affecting assertj-core package, versions <3.27.7-150200.5.11.8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.63% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-ASSERTJCORE-21000847
  • published16 Oct 2026
  • disclosed15 Oct 2026

Introduced: 15 Oct 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 assertj-core to version 3.27.7-150200.5.11.8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream assertj-core package and not the assertj-core package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

When reading a specially crafted ZIP archive, or a derived formats, an Apache Ant build can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that leads to an out of memory error, even for small inputs. This can be used to disrupt builds using Apache Ant. Commonly used derived formats from ZIP archives are for instance JAR files and many office files. Apache Ant prior to 1.9.16 and 1.10.11 were affected.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1