CVE-2019-17571

State: Published
Severity: 9.8 Critical
Published: Dec 20, 2019
Updated: May 28, 2026
Reserved: Oct 14, 2019

Description

Included in Log4j 1.2 is a SocketServer class that is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted data which can be exploited to remotely execute arbitrary code when combined with a deserialization gadget when listening to untrusted network traffic for log data. This affects Log4j versions up to 1.2 up to 1.2.17.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	9.8 Critical	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Log4jApache Software Foundation	versions up to 1.2.17Affected

References

[activemq-issues] 20191226 [jira] [Created] (AMQ-7370) log4j 1.2 version used by AMQ 5.15.10 / 5.15.11 is vulnerable to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[tika-dev] 20191226 [jira] [Created] (TIKA-3018) log4j 1.2 version used by Apache Tika 1.23 is vulnerable to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[tika-dev] 20191226 [jira] [Commented] (TIKA-3018) log4j 1.2 version used by Apache Tika 1.23 is vulnerable to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[tika-dev] 20191230 [jira] [Created] (TIKA-3019) [9.8] [CVE-2019-17571] [tika-app] [1.23]mailing-list
[activemq-issues] 20191230 [jira] [Created] (AMQ-7372) [9.8] [CVE-2019-17571] [activemq-all] [5.15.10]mailing-list
[kafka-jira] 20200105 [jira] [Created] (KAFKA-9366) please consider upgrade log4j to log4j2 due to critical security problem CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[kafka-jira] 20200105 [jira] [Updated] (KAFKA-9366) please consider upgrade log4j to log4j2 due to critical security problem CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[kafka-dev] 20200105 [jira] [Created] (KAFKA-9366) please consider upgrade log4j to log4j2 due to critical security problem CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[kafka-jira] 20200106 [jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-9366) please consider upgrade log4j to log4j2 due to critical security problem CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[kafka-jira] 20200106 [jira] [Assigned] (KAFKA-9366) please consider upgrade log4j to log4j2 due to critical security problem CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[tika-dev] 20200106 [jira] [Commented] (TIKA-3019) [9.8] [CVE-2019-17571] [tika-app] [1.23]mailing-list
[kafka-jira] 20200107 [jira] [Updated] (KAFKA-9366) please consider upgrade log4j to log4j2 due to critical security problem CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[zookeeper-issues] 20200107 [jira] [Created] (ZOOKEEPER-3677) owasp checker failing for - CVE-2019-17571 Apache Log4j 1.2 deserialization of untrusted data in SocketServermailing-list
[zookeeper-dev] 20200107 [jira] [Created] (ZOOKEEPER-3677) owasp checker failing for - CVE-2019-17571 Apache Log4j 1.2 deserialization of untrusted data in SocketServermailing-list
[zookeeper-issues] 20200107 [jira] [Commented] (ZOOKEEPER-3677) owasp checker failing for - CVE-2019-17571 Apache Log4j 1.2 deserialization of untrusted data in SocketServermailing-list
[tika-dev] 20200107 [jira] [Commented] (TIKA-3019) [9.8] [CVE-2019-17571] [tika-app] [1.23]mailing-list
[zookeeper-issues] 20200108 [jira] [Commented] (ZOOKEEPER-3677) owasp checker failing for - CVE-2019-17571 Apache Log4j 1.2 deserialization of untrusted data in SocketServermailing-list
[zookeeper-notifications] 20200108 [GitHub] [zookeeper] eolivelli opened a new pull request #1209: ZOOKEEPER-3677 owasp checker failing for - CVE-2019-17571 Apache Log4j 1.2 deserialization of untrusted data in SocketServermailing-list
[zookeeper-issues] 20200108 [jira] [Updated] (ZOOKEEPER-3677) owasp checker failing for - CVE-2019-17571 Apache Log4j 1.2 deserialization of untrusted data in SocketServermailing-list
[zookeeper-issues] 20200108 [jira] [Assigned] (ZOOKEEPER-3677) owasp checker failing for - CVE-2019-17571 Apache Log4j 1.2 deserialization of untrusted data in SocketServermailing-list
[tika-dev] 20200108 [jira] [Commented] (TIKA-3019) [9.8] [CVE-2019-17571] [tika-app] [1.23]mailing-list
[tika-dev] 20200110 [jira] [Commented] (TIKA-3019) [9.8] [CVE-2019-17571] [tika-app] [1.23]mailing-list
[tika-dev] 20200111 Re: [jira] [Commented] (TIKA-3018) log4j 1.2 version used by Apache Tika 1.23 is vulnerable to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[tika-dev] 20200111 [jira] [Closed] (TIKA-3018) log4j 1.2 version used by Apache Tika 1.23 is vulnerable to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[tika-dev] 20200111 [jira] [Resolved] (TIKA-3018) log4j 1.2 version used by Apache Tika 1.23 is vulnerable to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[debian-lts-announce] 20200112 [SECURITY] [DLA 2065-1] apache-log4j1.2 security updatemailing-list
openSUSE-SU-2020:0051vendor-advisory
[tika-dev] 20200114 [jira] [Commented] (TIKA-3019) [9.8] [CVE-2019-17571] [tika-app] [1.23]mailing-list
[tika-dev] 20200115 [jira] [Commented] (TIKA-3019) [9.8] [CVE-2019-17571] [tika-app] [1.23]mailing-list
[zookeeper-commits] 20200118 [zookeeper] branch branch-3.5 updated: ZOOKEEPER-3677: owasp checker failing for - CVE-2019-17571 Apache Log4j 1.2 deserialization of untrusted data in SocketServermailing-list
[zookeeper-dev] 20200118 Build failed in Jenkins: zookeeper-master-maven-owasp #329mailing-list
[zookeeper-commits] 20200118 [zookeeper] branch master updated: ZOOKEEPER-3677: owasp checker failing for - CVE-2019-17571 Apache Log4j 1.2 deserialization of untrusted data in SocketServermailing-list
[zookeeper-notifications] 20200118 [GitHub] [zookeeper] asfgit closed pull request #1209: ZOOKEEPER-3677 owasp checker failing for - CVE-2019-17571 Apache Log4j 1.2 deserialization of untrusted data in SocketServermailing-list
[zookeeper-commits] 20200118 [zookeeper] branch branch-3.6 updated: ZOOKEEPER-3677: owasp checker failing for - CVE-2019-17571 Apache Log4j 1.2 deserialization of untrusted data in SocketServermailing-list
[zookeeper-issues] 20200118 [jira] [Resolved] (ZOOKEEPER-3677) owasp checker failing for - CVE-2019-17571 Apache Log4j 1.2 deserialization of untrusted data in SocketServermailing-list
[activemq-issues] 20200122 [jira] [Updated] (AMQ-7370) log4j 1.2 version used by AMQ 5.15.10 / 5.15.11 is vulnerable to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[activemq-issues] 20200122 [jira] [Assigned] (AMQ-7372) [9.8] [CVE-2019-17571] [activemq-all] [5.15.10]mailing-list
[activemq-issues] 20200122 [jira] [Updated] (AMQ-7372) [9.8] [CVE-2019-17571] [activemq-all] [5.15.10]mailing-list
[activemq-issues] 20200122 [jira] [Assigned] (AMQ-7370) log4j 1.2 version used by AMQ 5.15.10 / 5.15.11 is vulnerable to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[activemq-issues] 20200122 [jira] [Resolved] (AMQ-7372) [9.8] [CVE-2019-17571] [activemq-all] [5.15.10]mailing-list
[activemq-issues] 20200127 [jira] [Commented] (AMQ-7370) log4j 1.2 version used by AMQ 5.15.10 / 5.15.11 is vulnerable to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[zookeeper-issues] 20200129 [jira] [Updated] (ZOOKEEPER-3677) owasp checker failing for - CVE-2019-17571 Apache Log4j 1.2 deserialization of untrusted data in SocketServermailing-list
[zookeeper-user] 20200201 Re: Zookeeper 3.5.6 supports log4j 2.x?mailing-list
[activemq-issues] 20200208 [jira] [Commented] (AMQ-7370) log4j 1.2 version used by AMQ 5.15.10 / 5.15.11 is vulnerable to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[logging-log4j-user] 20200224 Apache Log4j - Migration activity to 2.12.1 version - Request to support for the queries postedmailing-list
[activemq-issues] 20200228 [jira] [Commented] (AMQ-7370) log4j 1.2 version used by AMQ 5.15.10 / 5.15.11 is vulnerable to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[activemq-issues] 20200228 [jira] [Resolved] (AMQ-7370) log4j 1.2 version used by AMQ 5.15.10 / 5.15.11 is vulnerable to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[activemq-issues] 20200228 [jira] [Updated] (AMQ-7370) log4j 1.2 version used by AMQ 5.15.10 / 5.15.11 is vulnerable to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[jena-dev] 20200318 Re: Logging (JENA-1005)mailing-list
[druid-commits] 20200406 [GitHub] [druid] ccaominh commented on issue #9579: Add Apache Ranger Authorizationmailing-list
[zookeeper-commits] 20200504 [zookeeper] branch master updated: ZOOKEEPER-3817: suppress log4j SmtpAppender related CVE-2020-9488mailing-list
[zookeeper-commits] 20200504 [zookeeper] branch branch-3.5 updated: ZOOKEEPER-3817: suppress log4j SmtpAppender related CVE-2020-9488mailing-list
[zookeeper-commits] 20200504 [zookeeper] branch branch-3.6 updated: ZOOKEEPER-3817: suppress log4j SmtpAppender related CVE-2020-9488mailing-list
[kafka-jira] 20200514 [GitHub] [kafka] jeffhuang26 commented on pull request #7898: KAFKA-9366: please consider upgrade log4j to log4j2 due to critical security problem CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
DSA-4686vendor-advisory
[kafka-jira] 20200529 [GitHub] [kafka] ijuma commented on pull request #7898: KAFKA-9366: please consider upgrade log4j to log4j2 due to critical security problem CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[kafka-jira] 20200602 [GitHub] [kafka] dongjinleekr commented on pull request #7898: KAFKA-9366: please consider upgrade log4j to log4j2 due to critical security problem CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
[kafka-jira] 20200624 [GitHub] [kafka] dongjinleekr commented on pull request #7898: KAFKA-9366: please consider upgrade log4j to log4j2 due to critical security problem CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[kafka-jira] 20200625 [GitHub] [kafka] dongjinleekr commented on pull request #7898: KAFKA-9366: please consider upgrade log4j to log4j2 due to critical security problem CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/eea03d504b36e8f870e8321d908e1def1addda16adda04327fe7c125%40%3Cdev.logging.apache.org%3E
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200110-0001/
[bookkeeper-issues] 20200729 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2387: Security vulnerabilities in the apache/bookkeeper-4.9.2 imagemailing-list
[activemq-issues] 20200730 [jira] [Commented] (AMQ-7370) log4j 1.2 version used by AMQ 5.15.10 / 5.15.11 is vulnerable to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[hadoop-common-issues] 20200824 [jira] [Commented] (HADOOP-17221) Upgrade log4j-1.2.17 to atlassian ( To Adress: CVE-2019-17571)mailing-list
[hadoop-common-issues] 20200824 [jira] [Comment Edited] (HADOOP-17221) update log4j-1.2.17 to atlassian version( To Adress: CVE-2019-17571)mailing-list
[hadoop-common-issues] 20200824 [jira] [Updated] (HADOOP-17221) update log4j-1.2.17 to atlassian version( To Address: CVE-2019-17571)mailing-list
[hadoop-common-issues] 20200824 [jira] [Assigned] (HADOOP-17221) Upgrade log4j-1.2.17 to atlassian ( To Adress: CVE-2019-17571)mailing-list
[hadoop-common-dev] 20200824 [jira] [Created] (HADOOP-17221) Upgrade log4j-1.2.17 to atlassian ( To Adress: CVE-2019-17571)mailing-list
[hadoop-common-issues] 20200824 [jira] [Updated] (HADOOP-17221) update log4j-1.2.17 to atlassian version( To Adress: CVE-2019-17571)mailing-list
[hadoop-common-issues] 20200824 [jira] [Created] (HADOOP-17221) Upgrade log4j-1.2.17 to atlassian ( To Adress: CVE-2019-17571)mailing-list
[hadoop-common-issues] 20200824 [jira] [Commented] (HADOOP-17221) update log4j-1.2.17 to atlassian version( To Address: CVE-2019-17571)mailing-list
[hadoop-common-issues] 20200824 [jira] [Comment Edited] (HADOOP-17221) update log4j-1.2.17 to atlassian version( To Address: CVE-2019-17571)mailing-list
USN-4495-1vendor-advisory
[zookeeper-dev] 20201103 [jira] [Created] (ZOOKEEPER-3990) Log4j 1.2.17 used by zookeeper 3.6.1 is vulnerable to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[zookeeper-issues] 20201103 [jira] [Created] (ZOOKEEPER-3990) Log4j 1.2.17 used by zookeeper 3.6.1 is vulnerable to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[zookeeper-issues] 20201103 [jira] [Resolved] (ZOOKEEPER-3990) Log4j 1.2.17 used by zookeeper 3.6.1 is vulnerable to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[pulsar-commits] 20201215 [GitHub] [pulsar] yanshuchong opened a new issue #8967: CVSS issue listmailing-list
[kafka-users] 20210210 Security: CVE-2019-17571 (log4j)mailing-list
[kafka-jira] 20210211 [GitHub] [kafka] ch4rl353y commented on pull request #7898: KAFKA-9366: Change log4j dependency into log4j2mailing-list
[mina-dev] 20210225 [jira] [Created] (FTPSERVER-500) Security vulnerability in common/lib/log4j-1.2.17.jarmailing-list
[tinkerpop-dev] 20210316 [jira] [Created] (TINKERPOP-2534) Log4j flagged as critical security violationmailing-list
[activemq-users] 20210427 Release date for ActiveMQ v5.16.2 to fix CVEsmailing-list
[activemq-users] 20210427 Re: Release date for ActiveMQ v5.16.2 to fix CVEsmailing-list
[kafka-dev] 20210611 Re: [DISCUSS] KIP-719: Add Log4J2 Appendermailing-list
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
[kafka-users] 20210617 vulnerabilitiesmailing-list
[portals-pluto-scm] 20210629 [portals-pluto] branch master updated: PLUTO-787 Migrate from Log4j 1.x to Log4j 2.x due to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[portals-pluto-dev] 20210629 [jira] [Closed] (PLUTO-787) Migrate from Log4j 1.x to Log4j 2.x due to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[portals-pluto-dev] 20210629 [jira] [Updated] (PLUTO-787) Migrate from Log4j 1.x to Log4j 2.x due to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[portals-pluto-dev] 20210629 [jira] [Updated] (PLUTO-787) Migrate from Log4J and SLF4J dependencies due to CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[activemq-users] 20210830 Security issuesmailing-list
[activemq-users] 20210831 RE: Security issuesmailing-list
[kafka-dev] 20210831 Security vulnerabilities in kafka:2.13-2.6.0/2.7.0 docker imagemailing-list
[kafka-users] 20210831 Security vulnerabilities in kafka:2.13-2.6.0/2.7.0 docker imagemailing-list
[kafka-users] 20210901 Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Security vulnerabilities in kafka:2.13-2.6.0/2.7.0 docker imagemailing-list
[kafka-dev] 20210901 Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Security vulnerabilities in kafka:2.13-2.6.0/2.7.0 docker imagemailing-list
[hadoop-common-issues] 20211006 [jira] [Commented] (HADOOP-17221) update log4j-1.2.17 to atlassian version( To Address: CVE-2019-17571)mailing-list
[bookkeeper-issues] 20211006 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] RaulGracia opened a new issue #2815: Upgrade to log4j2 to get rid of CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[bookkeeper-issues] 20211006 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] RaulGracia opened a new pull request #2816: Issue 2815: Upgrade to log4j2 to get rid of CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[bookkeeper-issues] 20211006 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] eolivelli commented on a change in pull request #2816: Issue 2815: Upgrade to log4j2 to get rid of CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[bookkeeper-issues] 20211007 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] RaulGracia commented on pull request #2816: Issue 2815: Upgrade to log4j2 to get rid of CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[bookkeeper-issues] 20211007 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] RaulGracia commented on a change in pull request #2816: Issue 2815: Upgrade to log4j2 to get rid of CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[bookkeeper-issues] 20211007 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] eolivelli commented on a change in pull request #2816: Issue 2815: Upgrade to log4j2 to get rid of CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[bookkeeper-issues] 20211013 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] eolivelli commented on pull request #2816: Issue 2815: Upgrade to log4j2 to get rid of CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[bookkeeper-commits] 20211014 [bookkeeper] branch master updated: Issue 2815: Upgrade to log4j2 to get rid of CVE-2019-17571 (#2816)mailing-list
[bookkeeper-issues] 20211016 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] pkumar-singh commented on a change in pull request #2816: Issue 2815: Upgrade to log4j2 to get rid of CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[bookkeeper-issues] 20211017 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] eolivelli commented on a change in pull request #2816: Issue 2815: Upgrade to log4j2 to get rid of CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[bookkeeper-issues] 20211017 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] zymap commented on pull request #2816: Issue 2815: Upgrade to log4j2 to get rid of CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
[bookkeeper-issues] 20211018 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] RaulGracia commented on pull request #2816: Issue 2815: Upgrade to log4j2 to get rid of CVE-2019-17571mailing-list
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

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