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Vulnerabilities, end of life and next steps

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⚠ Known vulnerability history

Reference sources checked 2026-10-08; this is selected historical context, not a complete vulnerability scan.

These advisories relate to this package’s identity. We have not verified your installed version or deployment. This context is separate from its maintenance score.

CVE-2021-44228 · Log4Shell ↗

Applies to specific log4j-core releases, not log4j-api alone. Check resolved and bundled dependencies against Apache’s affected-version ranges.

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Release lifecycle

The latest release, 2.26.1, is on the 2 line, with no end-of-life date scheduled.

LineReleasedStatusLatest
2 2014-07-12 supported 2.26.1
2.12 2019-06-26 end of life since 2021-12-14 2.12.4
2.3 2015-05-10 end of life since 2015-09-20 2.3.2
1 2001-01-08 end of life since 2015-10-15 1.2.17

Source: endoflife.date, from the project's release policy. Last collected: 2026-11-06T02:30:08.152Z. Browse product lifecycles →

Third-party facts checked 29 days ago; registry facts on every crawl.

State history 2
WhenChange
2026-11-03 active → unknown
2026-09-29 first verdict: active

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maintenance: unknown

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