--- id: CVE-2021-36374 title: >- 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 summary: >- 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… severity: medium cvss: 5.5 cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H' cwe: - CWE-130 vendor: apache product: ant affected: - 'ant >= 1.9.0, < 1.9.16' - 'ant >= 1.10.0, < 1.10.11' - agile_engineering_data_management = 6.2.1.0 - agile_product_lifecycle_management = 9.3.6 - banking_trade_finance = 14.5 - banking_treasury_management = 14.5 - communications_cloud_native_core_automated_test_suite = 1.9.0 - communications_cloud_native_core_binding_support_function = 1.11.0 - 'communications_diameter_intelligence_hub >= 8.0.0, <= 8.1.0' - 'communications_diameter_intelligence_hub >= 8.2.0, <= 8.2.3' - communications_order_and_service_management = 7.3 - communications_order_and_service_management = 7.4 - communications_unified_inventory_management = 7.3.0 - communications_unified_inventory_management = 7.4.0 - communications_unified_inventory_management = 7.4.1 - communications_unified_inventory_management = 7.4.2 - communications_unified_inventory_management = 7.5.0 - enterprise_repository = 11.1.1.7.0 - 'financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure >= 8.0.6, <= 8.1.1' - 'health_sciences_information_manager >= 3.0.1, <= 3.0.5' - health_sciences_information_manager = 3.0.0.1 - 'insurance_policy_administration >= 11.0, <= 11.3.1' - 'primavera_gateway >= 17.12.0, <= 17.12.11' - 'primavera_gateway >= 18.8.0, <= 18.8.12' - 'primavera_gateway >= 19.12.0, <= 19.12.11' - 'primavera_gateway >= 20.12.0, <= 20.12.7' - 'primavera_unifier >= 17.7, <= 17.12' - primavera_unifier = 18.8 - primavera_unifier = 19.12 - primavera_unifier = 20.12 - product_lifecycle_analytics = 3.6.1 - real-time_decision_server = 3.2.0.0 - real-time_decision_server = 11.1.1.9.0 - retail_advanced_inventory_planning = 14.1 - retail_advanced_inventory_planning = 15.0 - retail_advanced_inventory_planning = 16.0 - retail_back_office = 14.0 - retail_back_office = 14.1 - retail_bulk_data_integration = 16.0.3.0 - retail_bulk_data_integration = 19.0.1 - retail_central_office = 14.0 - retail_central_office = 14.1 - retail_eftlink = 19.0.1 - retail_eftlink = 20.0.1 - retail_extract_transform_and_load = 13.2.8 - retail_financial_integration = 14.1.3.2 - retail_financial_integration = 15.0.4.0 - retail_financial_integration = 16.0.3.0 - retail_integration_bus = 14.1.3.2 - retail_integration_bus = 15.0.4.0 - retail_integration_bus = 16.0.3.0 - retail_integration_bus = 19.0.1.0 - retail_invoice_matching = 16.0.3 - retail_merchandising_system = 19.0.1 - retail_point-of-service = 14.0 - retail_point-of-service = 14.1 - retail_predictive_application_server = 14.1.3 - retail_predictive_application_server = 15.0.3 - retail_predictive_application_server = 16.0.3.0 - retail_service_backbone = 14.1.3.2 - retail_service_backbone = 15.0.4.0 - retail_service_backbone = 16.0.3.0 - retail_service_backbone = 19.0.1.0 - retail_store_inventory_management = 14.1 - retail_store_inventory_management = 15.0 - retail_store_inventory_management = 16.0 - retail_xstore_point_of_service = 16.0.6 - retail_xstore_point_of_service = 17.0.4 - retail_xstore_point_of_service = 18.0.3 - retail_xstore_point_of_service = 19.0.2 - retail_xstore_point_of_service = 20.0.1 - timesten_in-memory_database < 11.2.2.8.27 - 'utilities_framework >= 4.3.0.1.0, <= 4.3.0.6.0' - utilities_framework = 4.2.0.2.0 - utilities_framework = 4.2.0.3.0 - utilities_framework = 4.4.0.0.0 - utilities_framework = 4.4.0.2.0 - utilities_framework = 4.4.0.3.0 - utilities_testing_accelerator = 6.0.0.1.1 patched: - ant 1.10.11 - timesten_in-memory_database 11.2.2.8.27 published: '2021-07-14' updated: '2026-08-25' source: NVD sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36374' references: - url: 'https://ant.apache.org/security.html' label: security@apache.org - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r27919fd4db07c487239c1d9771f480d89ce5ee2750aa9447309b709a%40%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3E label: security@apache.org - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r544c9e8487431768465b8b2d13982c75123109bd816acf839d46010d%40%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3E label: security@apache.org - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad36f470647c5a7c02dd78c9973356d2840766d132b597b6444e373a%40%3Cnotifications.groovy.apache.org%3E label: security@apache.org - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdd5412a5b9a25aed2a02c3317052d38a97128314d50bc1ed36e81d38%40%3Cuser.ant.apache.org%3E label: security@apache.org - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4bb79751a02889623195715925e4fd8932dd3c97e0ade91395a96c6%40%3Cdev.myfaces.apache.org%3E label: security@apache.org - url: 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0007/' label: security@apache.org - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html' label: security@apache.org - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html' label: security@apache.org - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html' label: security@apache.org - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html' label: security@apache.org - url: 'https://ant.apache.org/security.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r27919fd4db07c487239c1d9771f480d89ce5ee2750aa9447309b709a%40%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3E label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r544c9e8487431768465b8b2d13982c75123109bd816acf839d46010d%40%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3E label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad36f470647c5a7c02dd78c9973356d2840766d132b597b6444e373a%40%3Cnotifications.groovy.apache.org%3E label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdd5412a5b9a25aed2a02c3317052d38a97128314d50bc1ed36e81d38%40%3Cuser.ant.apache.org%3E label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4bb79751a02889623195715925e4fd8932dd3c97e0ade91395a96c6%40%3Cdev.myfaces.apache.org%3E label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0007/' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tags: - nvd epss: 0.02642 epssPercentile: 0.84968 ingestedAt: '2026-08-25T17:29:31.359Z' --- ## Overview 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. ## Affected - `ant >= 1.9.0, < 1.9.16` - `ant >= 1.10.0, < 1.10.11` - `agile_engineering_data_management = 6.2.1.0` - `agile_product_lifecycle_management = 9.3.6` - `banking_trade_finance = 14.5` - `banking_treasury_management = 14.5` - `communications_cloud_native_core_automated_test_suite = 1.9.0` - `communications_cloud_native_core_binding_support_function = 1.11.0` - `communications_diameter_intelligence_hub >= 8.0.0, <= 8.1.0` - `communications_diameter_intelligence_hub >= 8.2.0, <= 8.2.3` - `communications_order_and_service_management = 7.3` - `communications_order_and_service_management = 7.4` - `communications_unified_inventory_management = 7.3.0` - `communications_unified_inventory_management = 7.4.0` - `communications_unified_inventory_management = 7.4.1` - `communications_unified_inventory_management = 7.4.2` - `communications_unified_inventory_management = 7.5.0` - `enterprise_repository = 11.1.1.7.0` - `financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure >= 8.0.6, <= 8.1.1` - `health_sciences_information_manager >= 3.0.1, <= 3.0.5` - `health_sciences_information_manager = 3.0.0.1` - `insurance_policy_administration >= 11.0, <= 11.3.1` - `primavera_gateway >= 17.12.0, <= 17.12.11` - `primavera_gateway >= 18.8.0, <= 18.8.12` - `primavera_gateway >= 19.12.0, <= 19.12.11` - `primavera_gateway >= 20.12.0, <= 20.12.7` - `primavera_unifier >= 17.7, <= 17.12` - `primavera_unifier = 18.8` - `primavera_unifier = 19.12` - `primavera_unifier = 20.12` - `product_lifecycle_analytics = 3.6.1` - `real-time_decision_server = 3.2.0.0` - `real-time_decision_server = 11.1.1.9.0` - `retail_advanced_inventory_planning = 14.1` - `retail_advanced_inventory_planning = 15.0` - `retail_advanced_inventory_planning = 16.0` - `retail_back_office = 14.0` - `retail_back_office = 14.1` - `retail_bulk_data_integration = 16.0.3.0` - `retail_bulk_data_integration = 19.0.1` - `retail_central_office = 14.0` - `retail_central_office = 14.1` - `retail_eftlink = 19.0.1` - `retail_eftlink = 20.0.1` - `retail_extract_transform_and_load = 13.2.8` - `retail_financial_integration = 14.1.3.2` - `retail_financial_integration = 15.0.4.0` - `retail_financial_integration = 16.0.3.0` - `retail_integration_bus = 14.1.3.2` - `retail_integration_bus = 15.0.4.0` - `retail_integration_bus = 16.0.3.0` - `retail_integration_bus = 19.0.1.0` - `retail_invoice_matching = 16.0.3` - `retail_merchandising_system = 19.0.1` - `retail_point-of-service = 14.0` - `retail_point-of-service = 14.1` - `retail_predictive_application_server = 14.1.3` - `retail_predictive_application_server = 15.0.3` - `retail_predictive_application_server = 16.0.3.0` - `retail_service_backbone = 14.1.3.2` - `retail_service_backbone = 15.0.4.0` - `retail_service_backbone = 16.0.3.0` - `retail_service_backbone = 19.0.1.0` - `retail_store_inventory_management = 14.1` - `retail_store_inventory_management = 15.0` - `retail_store_inventory_management = 16.0` - `retail_xstore_point_of_service = 16.0.6` - `retail_xstore_point_of_service = 17.0.4` - `retail_xstore_point_of_service = 18.0.3` - `retail_xstore_point_of_service = 19.0.2` - `retail_xstore_point_of_service = 20.0.1` - `timesten_in-memory_database < 11.2.2.8.27` - `utilities_framework >= 4.3.0.1.0, <= 4.3.0.6.0` - `utilities_framework = 4.2.0.2.0` - `utilities_framework = 4.2.0.3.0` - `utilities_framework = 4.4.0.0.0` - `utilities_framework = 4.4.0.2.0` - `utilities_framework = 4.4.0.3.0` - `utilities_testing_accelerator = 6.0.0.1.1` ## Remediation Upgrade past the affected range: - `ant 1.10.11` - `timesten_in-memory_database 11.2.2.8.27`