🛡️ GHSA-94g7-hpv8-h9qm — splunk-library-javalogging

🔴 CVSS 9.5 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
9.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Remote code injection in Log4j

Impact

Logging untrusted or user controlled data with a vulnerable version of Log4J may result in Remote Code Execution (RCE) against your application. This includes untrusted data included in logged errors such as exception traces, authentication failures, and other unexpected vectors of user controlled input.

More Details:

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jfh8-c2jp-5v3q

Patches

Version 1.11.1 of the Splunk Logging for Java library.

There is also a backport to version 1.6.2 released as a patch: 1.6.2-0-0.

Workarounds

If upgrading is not possible, then ensure the -Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=true system property is set on both client- and server-side components.

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jfh8-c2jp-5v3q

For more information

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Affected software

GHSA-94g7-hpv8-h9qm is recorded against 1 package.

  • com.splunk.logging:splunk-library-javalogging (fixed in 1.6.2-0-0)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 December 2021 and last revised on 7 August 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.5
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2021-12-14
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2025-08-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
com.splunk.logging:splunk-library-javalogging — 1.6.2-0-0

Exploit Protection

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