CVE-2022-23302

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

63.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-01-18 15:25Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-27 13:46Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2022-01-16

Assigning CNA

apache

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted DataBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

a7232087bcae717b91f9d508fc7ea3a3a2e471015bde0910c70cc10f31d0ddb9

• lists.apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread/bsr3l5qz4g0myrjhy9h67bcxodpkwj4wx_refsource_MISC
• logging.apache.orghttps://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/index.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220118 CVE-2022-23302: Deserialization of untrusted data in JMSSink in Apache Log4j 1.xhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/18/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220217-0006/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.vicarius.iohttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2022-23302-detect-log4j-1217-vulnerability
• www.vicarius.iohttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2022-23302-mitigate-log4j-1217-vulnerability