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The vulnerability of the Socket Appender component in the Apache Log4j Core API library allows a attacker to intercept log traffic.

🗓️ 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00Reported by FSTEC of Russia — Information Security Threat DatabaseType 
bdu_fstec
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Socket Appender in Log4j Core allows remote interception of log traffic due to improper certificate verification.

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apacheapache_log4j_coreRange2.0-beta9–2.25.3
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apacheapache_log4j_coreRange3.0.0-alpha1–3.0.0-beta3

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14 Jan 2026 00:00Current
6.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.2
CVSS 22.6
CVSS 34
EPSS0.00743
socket appenderlog4j corecertificate verificationremote interceptionlog traffic
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