External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores Affecting ch.qos.logback:logback-core package, versions [0.9.20,1.5.25)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-CHQOSLOGBACK-15062482
  • published23 Jan 2026
  • disclosed22 Jan 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-1225  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-454  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ch.qos.logback:logback-core to version 1.5.25 or higher.

Overview

ch.qos.logback:logback-core is a logback-core module.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores during the configuration file processing. An attacker can instantiate arbitrary classes already present on the class path by compromising an existing configuration file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1