CVE-2021-45105

Apache Log4j2 versions 2.0-alpha1 through 2.16.0 (excluding 2.12.3 and 2.3.1) did not protect from uncontrolled recursion from self-referential lookups. This allows an attacker with control over Thread Context Map data to cause a denial of service when a crafted string is interpreted. This issue was...

medium 5.9 CVSS 3.1
Published: Dec 18, 2021
Modified: May 29, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Product: Log4J
Versions: 10.0,11.0,6.2.1.0,9.3.6,3.6,21.0.2,2.12.0,2.7.1,2.7.0,14.5

Description

Apache Log4j2 versions 2.0-alpha1 through 2.16.0 (excluding 2.12.3 and 2.3.1) did not protect from uncontrolled recursion from self-referential lookups. This allows an attacker with control over Thread Context Map data to cause a denial of service when a crafted string is interpreted. This issue was fixed in Log4j 2.17.0, 2.12.3, and 2.3.1.

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