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CVE-2021-45046 (GCVE-0-2021-45046)
Vulnerability from nvd
Published
2021-12-14 16:55
Modified
2025-10-21 23:25
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-917 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')
Summary
It was found that the fix to address CVE-2021-44228 in Apache Log4j 2.15.0 was incomplete in certain non-default configurations. This could allows attackers with control over Thread Context Map (MDC) input data when the logging configuration uses a non-default Pattern Layout with either a Context Lookup (for example, $${ctx:loginId}) or a Thread Context Map pattern (%X, %mdc, or %MDC) to craft malicious input data using a JNDI Lookup pattern resulting in an information leak and remote code execution in some environments and local code execution in all environments. Log4j 2.16.0 (Java 8) and 2.12.2 (Java 7) fix this issue by removing support for message lookup patterns and disabling JNDI functionality by default.
References
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0032 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/alert-cve-2021-44228.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44228 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/14/4 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/930724 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-661247.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00646.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-log4j-qRuKNEbd vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/15/3 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-714170.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5022 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/18/1 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-397453.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-479842.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EOKPQGV24RRBBI4TBZUDQMM4MEH7MXCY/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SIG7FZULMNK2XF6FZRU4VWYDQXNMUGAJ/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html x_refsource_MISC
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html x_refsource_MISC
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-16
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Log4j Version: Apache Log4j2   < 2.16.0
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CVE-2021-44228 (GCVE-0-2021-44228)
Vulnerability from nvd
Published
2021-12-10 00:00
Modified
2025-10-21 23:25
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Summary
Apache Log4j2 2.0-beta9 through 2.15.0 (excluding security releases 2.12.2, 2.12.3, and 2.3.1) JNDI features used in configuration, log messages, and parameters do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints. An attacker who can control log messages or log message parameters can execute arbitrary code loaded from LDAP servers when message lookup substitution is enabled. From log4j 2.15.0, this behavior has been disabled by default. From version 2.16.0 (along with 2.12.2, 2.12.3, and 2.3.1), this functionality has been completely removed. Note that this vulnerability is specific to log4j-core and does not affect log4net, log4cxx, or other Apache Logging Services projects.
References
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/10/1 mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/10/2 mailing-list
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-log4j-qRuKNEbd vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/10/3 mailing-list
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211210-0007/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165225/Apache-Log4j2-2.14.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0032
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/alert-cve-2021-44228.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5020 vendor-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00007.html mailing-list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VU57UJDCFIASIO35GC55JMKSRXJMCDFM/ vendor-advisory
https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2021/12/11/microsofts-response-to-cve-2021-44228-apache-log4j2/ vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/13/2 mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/13/1 mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/14/4 mailing-list
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-log4j-qRuKNEbd vendor-advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/930724 third-party-advisory
https://twitter.com/kurtseifried/status/1469345530182455296
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-661247.pdf
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165260/VMware-Security-Advisory-2021-0028.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165270/Apache-Log4j2-2.14.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165261/Apache-Log4j2-2.14.1-Information-Disclosure.html
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00646.html
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-log4j-qRuKNEbd vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/15/3 mailing-list
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165282/Log4j-Payload-Generator.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165281/Log4j2-Log4Shell-Regexes.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165307/Log4j-Remote-Code-Execution-Word-Bypassing.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165311/log4j-scan-Extensive-Scanner.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165306/L4sh-Log4j-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-714170.pdf
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M5CSVUNV4HWZZXGOKNSK6L7RPM7BOKIB/ vendor-advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165371/VMware-Security-Advisory-2021-0028.4.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-397453.pdf
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-479842.pdf
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165532/Log4Shell-HTTP-Header-Injection.html
https://github.com/cisagov/log4j-affected-db/blob/develop/SOFTWARE-LIST.md
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165642/VMware-vCenter-Server-Unauthenticated-Log4Shell-JNDI-Injection-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165673/UniFi-Network-Application-Unauthenticated-Log4Shell-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Mar/23 mailing-list
https://www.bentley.com/en/common-vulnerability-exposure/be-2022-0001
https://github.com/cisagov/log4j-affected-db
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213189
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://github.com/nu11secur1ty/CVE-mitre/tree/main/CVE-2021-44228
https://www.nu11secur1ty.com/2021/12/cve-2021-44228.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/11 mailing-list
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167794/Open-Xchange-App-Suite-7.10.x-Cross-Site-Scripting-Command-Injection.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167917/MobileIron-Log4Shell-Remote-Command-Execution.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/2 mailing-list
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171626/AD-Manager-Plus-7122-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Log4j2 Version: 2.0-beta9   < log4j-core*
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CVE-2021-45046 (GCVE-0-2021-45046)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-12-14 16:55
Modified
2025-10-21 23:25
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-917 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')
Summary
It was found that the fix to address CVE-2021-44228 in Apache Log4j 2.15.0 was incomplete in certain non-default configurations. This could allows attackers with control over Thread Context Map (MDC) input data when the logging configuration uses a non-default Pattern Layout with either a Context Lookup (for example, $${ctx:loginId}) or a Thread Context Map pattern (%X, %mdc, or %MDC) to craft malicious input data using a JNDI Lookup pattern resulting in an information leak and remote code execution in some environments and local code execution in all environments. Log4j 2.16.0 (Java 8) and 2.12.2 (Java 7) fix this issue by removing support for message lookup patterns and disabling JNDI functionality by default.
References
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0032 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/alert-cve-2021-44228.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44228 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/14/4 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/930724 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-661247.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00646.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-log4j-qRuKNEbd vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/15/3 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-714170.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5022 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/18/1 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-397453.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-479842.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EOKPQGV24RRBBI4TBZUDQMM4MEH7MXCY/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SIG7FZULMNK2XF6FZRU4VWYDQXNMUGAJ/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html x_refsource_MISC
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html x_refsource_MISC
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-16
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Log4j Version: Apache Log4j2   < 2.16.0
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CVE-2021-44228 (GCVE-0-2021-44228)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-12-10 00:00
Modified
2025-10-21 23:25
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Summary
Apache Log4j2 2.0-beta9 through 2.15.0 (excluding security releases 2.12.2, 2.12.3, and 2.3.1) JNDI features used in configuration, log messages, and parameters do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints. An attacker who can control log messages or log message parameters can execute arbitrary code loaded from LDAP servers when message lookup substitution is enabled. From log4j 2.15.0, this behavior has been disabled by default. From version 2.16.0 (along with 2.12.2, 2.12.3, and 2.3.1), this functionality has been completely removed. Note that this vulnerability is specific to log4j-core and does not affect log4net, log4cxx, or other Apache Logging Services projects.
References
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/10/1 mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/10/2 mailing-list
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-log4j-qRuKNEbd vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/10/3 mailing-list
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211210-0007/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165225/Apache-Log4j2-2.14.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0032
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/alert-cve-2021-44228.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5020 vendor-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00007.html mailing-list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VU57UJDCFIASIO35GC55JMKSRXJMCDFM/ vendor-advisory
https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2021/12/11/microsofts-response-to-cve-2021-44228-apache-log4j2/ vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/13/2 mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/13/1 mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/14/4 mailing-list
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-log4j-qRuKNEbd vendor-advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/930724 third-party-advisory
https://twitter.com/kurtseifried/status/1469345530182455296
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-661247.pdf
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165260/VMware-Security-Advisory-2021-0028.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165270/Apache-Log4j2-2.14.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165261/Apache-Log4j2-2.14.1-Information-Disclosure.html
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00646.html
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-log4j-qRuKNEbd vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/15/3 mailing-list
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165282/Log4j-Payload-Generator.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165281/Log4j2-Log4Shell-Regexes.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165307/Log4j-Remote-Code-Execution-Word-Bypassing.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165311/log4j-scan-Extensive-Scanner.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165306/L4sh-Log4j-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-714170.pdf
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M5CSVUNV4HWZZXGOKNSK6L7RPM7BOKIB/ vendor-advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165371/VMware-Security-Advisory-2021-0028.4.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-397453.pdf
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-479842.pdf
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165532/Log4Shell-HTTP-Header-Injection.html
https://github.com/cisagov/log4j-affected-db/blob/develop/SOFTWARE-LIST.md
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165642/VMware-vCenter-Server-Unauthenticated-Log4Shell-JNDI-Injection-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165673/UniFi-Network-Application-Unauthenticated-Log4Shell-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Mar/23 mailing-list
https://www.bentley.com/en/common-vulnerability-exposure/be-2022-0001
https://github.com/cisagov/log4j-affected-db
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213189
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://github.com/nu11secur1ty/CVE-mitre/tree/main/CVE-2021-44228
https://www.nu11secur1ty.com/2021/12/cve-2021-44228.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/11 mailing-list
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167794/Open-Xchange-App-Suite-7.10.x-Cross-Site-Scripting-Command-Injection.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167917/MobileIron-Log4Shell-Remote-Command-Execution.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/2 mailing-list
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171626/AD-Manager-Plus-7122-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Log4j2 Version: 2.0-beta9   < log4j-core*
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