Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Affecting org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j package, versions [,2.13.2)
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.21% (59th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHELOGGINGLOG4J-567766
- published 28 Apr 2020
- disclosed 27 Apr 2020
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 27 Apr 2020
CVE-2020-9488 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j
to version 2.13.2 or higher.
Overview
org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j is an Apache Log4j library.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle (MitM). Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender. This could allow an SMTPS connection to be intercepted by a man-in-the-middle attack which could leak any log messages sent through that appender.