CVE-2023-26464
HIGH EXPLOITEDApache Log4j < 2.0 - Denial of Service via Chainsaw or SocketAppender Deserialization
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2023-26464 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).
Description
** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** When using the Chainsaw or SocketAppender components with Log4j 1.x on JRE less than 1.7, an attacker that manages to cause a logging entry involving a specially-crafted (ie, deeply nested) hashmap or hashtable (depending on which logging component is in use) to be processed could exhaust the available memory in the virtual machine and achieve Denial of Service when the object is deserialized. This issue affects Apache Log4j before 2. Affected users are recommended to update to Log4j 2.x. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230505-0008/
Mailing List vendor-advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/wkx6grrcjkh86crr49p4blc1v1nflj3t
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0013
EPSS Percentile
31.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2025-12-08
CWE
CWE-502
Status
published
Products (3)
apache/log4j
1.0.4 - 2.0
log4j/log4j
1.0.4 - 2.0Maven
org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core
1.0.4 - 2.0Maven
Published
Mar 10, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026