MODERATEMaven →
Apache Log4j does not verify the TLS hostname in its Socket Appender
Apache Log4j does not verify the TLS hostname in its Socket Appender
Affected packages
- org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core— 2.0-beta9 → 2.25.3
Exploit signal
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- No
- EPSS score
- —
- EPSS percentile
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EPSS is the probability a CVE is exploited in the wild; percentile is its rank among all CVEs.
Sources
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68161
- https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/4002
- https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/commit/3b93748497e1adbbd027fda8a5e7268ec5d0d578
- https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/xr33kyxq3sl67lwb61ggvm1fzc8k7dvx
- https://logging.apache.org/cyclonedx/vdr.xml
- https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/appenders/network.html#SslConfiguration-attr-verifyHostName
- https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/systemproperties.html#log4j2.sslVerifyHostName
- https://logging.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2025-68161
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/18/1
Structured record: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-vc5p-v9hr-52mj
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