[jira] [Created] (MNG-7382) log4j remote security execution implicated in maven-compiler-plugin

["Ronald Ayoub (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Ronald Ayoub created MNG-7382:
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             Summary: log4j remote security execution implicated in maven-compiler-plugin
                 Key: MNG-7382
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-7382
             Project: Maven
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Dependencies
    Affects Versions: 3.8.4
         Environment: Windows 10. But I know how to make it work like Linux. 
            Reporter: Ronald Ayoub
         Attachments: Capture.PNG

I use maven to build a java war to a tomcat webapps directory. During this process, I've issued that I am not using log4j anywhere. Nevertheless, every time I build log4j appears in the .m2 directory. I walked dependencies trees and executed finds in a variety of directories and can't find the dependency. However, when I executed maven with verbose mode I found it. Apparently, the maven-compiler-plugin requires a old and vulnerable version of log4j. Worse yet, I believe Tomcat is using it dynamically without configuration by it's mere presence in the .m2 directory. Hence, a security scanner flagged my website as having the log4j vulnerability. 



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