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CVE-2019-17571

Critical

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Log4j

Published Jan 6, 2020 · Updated Oct 5, 2026 · Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17571, DLA-2065-1, DSA-4686-1, GHSA-2qrg-x229-3v8q, ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2019-17571, SUSE-SU-2020:0053-1, SUSE-SU-2020:0054-1, SUSE-SU-2020:14267-1, TR-22-0001, TR-22-0435, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17571, USN-4495-1, USN-5998-1

Key Facts

Patch immediately
  • CVE-2019-17571 is a critical-severity vulnerability (CVSS 9.8 v3.1) affecting Bookkeeper (Apache), Log4j (Apache), Oncommand System Manager (Netapp) and 22 more products.
  • It is not listed in any known-exploited vulnerabilities catalog. No public exploit code is known.
  • EPSS estimates a 70% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
  • Fixed versions are available, including Bookkeeper 4.14.3, Log4j <=1.2.17, Log4j 0:1.2.14-19.patch_01.ep5.el5.
  • Brandefense priority: patch immediately, because it is very likely to be exploited soon.

CVSS v3.1

9.8

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

EPSS (30-day exploit likelihood)

70%

Higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs

Exploited in the wild

No known

Not in a known-exploited catalog

Public exploit code

None known

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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.

Affected Products

135 affected entries in total
ProductAffected versionsFixed in
BookkeeperApacheSee advisory4.14.3
Log4jApache>= versions up to 1.2.171.2.17
Oncommand System ManagerNetappSee advisory3.1.3
Oncommand Workflow AutomationNetappSee advisoryn/a
Application Testing SuiteOracle13.3.0.1n/a
20 more affected products in the full CVE brief

Patched Releases

Bookkeeper

4.14.3

Log4j

<=1.2.17, 0:1.2.14-19.patch_01.ep5.el5, 0:1.2.14-6.7.el6_10, 0:1.2.17-16.el7_4, 1.2.15-126.3.1, 1.2.15-26.32.14.1, 1.2.17-16.12.amzn1, 1.2.17-16.el7_4, 1.2.17-17.amzn2, 1.2.17-5.3.1, 1.2.17-lp151.5.3.1, 2.13.2-1.9

apache-log4j1.2

1.2.17-5+deb8u1, 1.2.17-7+deb9u1, 1.2.17-7ubuntu1+esm1, 1.2.17-8+deb10u1, 1.2.17-8+deb10u1build0.18.04.1, 1.2.17-8+deb10u1ubuntu0.2, 1.2.17-9, 1.2.17-9ubuntu0.2

druid

35.0.1-r1

eap7-jboss-ec2-eap

0:7.0.8-1.GA_redhat_1.ep7.el6, 0:7.0.8-1.GA_redhat_1.ep7.el7

io.root.log4j:log4j

1.2.12-root.io.1, 1.2.12-root.io.2, 1.2.14-root.io.5, 1.2.14-root.io.6

jboss-ec2-eap

0:7.5.17-1.Final_redhat_4.ep6.el6

log4j-eap6

0:1.2.16-12.redhat_3.1.ep6.el6, 0:1.2.16-12.redhat_3.1.ep6.el7

log4j-javadoc

1.2.17-16.12.amzn1, 1.2.17-16.el7_4, 1.2.17-17.amzn2, 1.2.17-lp151.5.3.1, 2.13.2-1.9

log4j-jcl

2.13.2-1.9

log4j-manual

1.2.15-126.3.1, 1.2.17-16.12.amzn1, 1.2.17-16.el7_4, 1.2.17-17.amzn2, 1.2.17-5.3.1, 1.2.17-lp151.5.3.1

log4j-mini

1.2.17-lp151.5.3.1

log4j-slf4j

2.13.2-1.9

log4j:log4j

1.2.12-aikido.2, 1.2.14-aikido.5, 1.2.14-aikido.6

log4j12

1.2.17-3.9

log4j12-javadoc

1.2.17-3.9

log4j12-manual

1.2.17-3.9

Oncommand System Manager

<=3.1.3

Communications Network Integrity

<=7.3.6

Financial Services Lending And Leasing

<=14.8.0

Mysql Enterprise Monitor

<=8.0.29

Primavera Gateway

<=16.2.11

tomcat-native

0:1.2.8-10.redhat_10.ep7.el6, 0:1.2.8-10.redhat_10.ep7.el7

tomcat7

0:7.0.70-22.ep7.el6, 0:7.0.70-22.ep7.el7

tomcat8

0:8.0.36-24.ep7.el6, 0:8.0.36-24.ep7.el7

Timeline

  1. Publicly disclosed

    Jan 6, 2020

  2. Last updated

    Oct 5, 2026

Weakness Type

  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

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