Remote Code Execution (RCE) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api  (opens in a new tab)


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Exploit Maturity
Attacked
EPSS
97.1% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHELOGGINGLOG4J-2314719
  • published10 Dec 2021
  • disclosed10 Dec 2021
  • creditChen Zhaojun of Alibaba Cloud Security Team

Introduced: 10 Dec 2021

CVE-2021-44228  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api was originally deemed vulnerable, but Apache maintainers have since clarified that this only affects org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core.