CVE-2021-45046

unknown KEV
Published 2021-12-14 · Modified 2023-05-01
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk
1.5

Description

Apache Log4j2 contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability due to the incomplete fix of CVE-2021-44228, where the Thread Context Lookup Pattern is vulnerable to remote code execution in certain non-default configurations.

CISA KEV

Vendor
Apache
Product
Log4j2
Due date
2023-05-22

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cisa-kev — https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45046

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-45046.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-45046

Exploits

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.16.0-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.16.0-1~deb11u1
debian debianforkyfixed2.16.0-1
debian debiansidfixed2.16.0-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.16.0-1
suse slesaffected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavenorg.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core>=2.13.0,<2.16.02.16.0
java Mavenorg.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core<2.12.22.12.2
java Mavenorg.ops4j.pax.logging:pax-logging-log4j2>=1.8.0,<1.9.21.9.2
java Mavenorg.ops4j.pax.logging:pax-logging-log4j2>=1.10.0,<1.10.81.10.8
java Mavenorg.ops4j.pax.logging:pax-logging-log4j2>=1.11.0,<1.11.111.11.11
java Mavenorg.ops4j.pax.logging:pax-logging-log4j2>=2.0.0,<2.0.122.0.12

References

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