Security Advisory

CVE-2020-9488

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-04-27 15:36:10
Last updated 2026-05-29 16:07:52
Assigner apache
CVSS score 3.7
State PUBLISHED

Description

Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender. This could allow an SMTPS connection to be intercepted by a man-in-the-middle attack which could leak any log messages sent through that appender. Fixed in Apache Log4j 2.12.3 and 2.13.1