CVE-2023-26464
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What it is
Reported** 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.… Source description excerpt; complete tracked detail loads below.
NVD published: Mar 10, 2023 · Source record updated: Aug 8, 2026 · Tracker snapshot: Aug 8, 2026
What is affected
ReportedApache — log4j. Product-level identification only; no affected-version conclusion is available from this field.
NVD published: Mar 10, 2023 · Source record updated: Aug 8, 2026 · Tracker snapshot: Aug 8, 2026
Urgency and basis
ReportedAct · 447.1
Tracker decision tier from the evidence detailed below · Source record updated: Aug 8, 2026 · Tracker snapshot: Aug 8, 2026
Exploitation evidence
Reportedkev-listed · VulnCheck KEV
VulnCheck KEV added: Dec 8, 2025 · Source record updated: Aug 8, 2026 · Tracker snapshot: Aug 8, 2026
What to do
ReportedApply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Source remediation ↗Tracked source remediation field · Source record updated: Aug 8, 2026 · Tracker snapshot: Aug 8, 2026
Evidence detail
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