Lessons from Log4Shell: 4 key takeaways for DevSecOps teams

The Log4Shell vulnerability is considered to be one of the most significant software bugs in recent years, because of its severity, pervasiveness and long-lasting impact on organizations.

The Log4Shell vulnerability is present in several older versions of the Apache Software Foundation's Log4j, a logging framework that is almost ubiquitously present in Java application environments. The flaw gives remote attackers a relatively easy to way to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Apache disclosed the vulnerability in January 2021.

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