Log4Shell is being touted as one of the worst cybersecurity flaws to have been discovered. The Log4Shell vulnerability is based on an open-source logging library used in most applications by enterprises and even government agencies.
- The vulnerability first came to light on December 9, though some reports say the issue first surfaced on December 1, and was highlighted by Alibaba Cloud Security team’s Chen Zhaojun.
- The vulnerability is dubbed Log4Shell and is officially CVE-2021-44228.
- It impacts Log4j 2 versions which is a very common logging library used by applications across the world.
(Source: IE)
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