Apache Log4j2 versions 2.0-alpha1 through 2.16.0 (excluding 2.12.3 and 2.3.1) did not protect from uncontrolled recursion from self-referential lookups. This allows an attacker with control over Thread Context Map data to cause a denial of service when a crafted string is interpreted. This issue was fixed in Log4j 2.17.0, 2.12.3, and 2.3.1.
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Fri, 29 May 2026 12:30:00 +0000

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Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2021-12-18T11:55:08.000Z

Updated: 2026-05-29T11:45:26.064Z

Reserved: 2021-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-45105

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:39:20.295Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-18T12:15:07.433

Modified: 2026-05-29T13:16:19.967

Link: CVE-2021-45105

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-12-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-45105 - Bugzilla