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DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23305

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23305 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

By design, the JDBCAppender in Log4j 1.2.x accepts an SQL statement as a configuration parameter where the values to be inserted are converters from PatternLayout. The message converter, %m, is likely to always be included. This allows attackers to manipulate the SQL by entering crafted strings into input fields or headers of an application that are logged allowing unintended SQL queries to be executed. Note this issue only affects Log4j 1.x when specifically configured to use the JDBCAppender, which is not the default. Beginning in version 2.0-beta8, the JDBCAppender was re-introduced with proper support for parameterized SQL queries and further customization over the columns written to in logs. Apache Log4j 1.2 reached end of life in August 2015. Users should upgrade to Log4j 2 as it addresses numerous other issues from the previous versions.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14apache-log4j1.20, 0, 0
Debian:12apache-log4j1.20, 0, 0
Debian:11apache-log4j1.21.2.17-10, 0, 1.2.17-10
Debian:13apache-log4j1.20, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jan 18, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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