CVE-2020-9488

unknown
Published 2020-06-05 · Modified 2024-03-13
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-9488.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-9488

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbullseyefixed2.13.3-1
debian debianbookwormfixed2.13.3-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.13.3-1
debian debiansidfixed2.13.3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.13.3-1
suse slesaffected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavenorg.apache.logging.log4j:log4j>=2.13.0,<2.13.22.13.2
java Mavenorg.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core>=2.13.0,<2.13.22.13.2
java Mavenorg.apache.logging.log4j:log4j>=2.4.0,<2.12.32.12.3
java Mavenorg.apache.logging.log4j:log4j<2.3.22.3.2
java Mavenorg.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core>=2.4.0,<2.12.32.12.3
java Mavenorg.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core<2.3.22.3.2

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.