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 not scored
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