SaxEventRecorder vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 24 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in SaxEventRecorder by QOS.CH logback version 0.1 to 1.3.14 and 1.4.0 to 1.5.12 on the Java platform, allows an attacker to forge requests by compromising logback configuration files in XML. The attacks involves the modification of DOCTYPE declaration in XML configuration files.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QOS.CH Sarl | logback | 0.1 – 1.3.14; 1.4.0 – 1.5.12 | 1.3.15, 1.5.13 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | ch.qos.logback:logback-core (Maven) | 1.4.0 to before 1.5.13 | 1.5.13 | Patch available | GHSA-6v67-2wr5-gvf4 |
| — | ch.qos.logback:logback-core (Maven) | before 1.3.15 | 1.3.15 | Patch available | GHSA-6v67-2wr5-gvf4 |
- logback VendorQOS.CH Sarl Affected 0.1 – 1.3.14; 1.4.0 – 1.5.12 Fixed in 1.3.15, 1.5.13 Patch available CNA
- ch.qos.logback:logback-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.4.0 to before 1.5.13 Fixed in 1.5.13 Patch available GHSA-6v67-2wr5-gvf4
- ch.qos.logback:logback-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.3.15 Fixed in 1.3.15 Patch available GHSA-6v67-2wr5-gvf4
Remediation
- Fix · CNA logback (QOS.CH Sarl) Fixed in 1.3.15, 1.5.13
- Fix · GHSA-6v67-2wr5-gvf4 ch.qos.logback:logback-core (Maven) Fixed in 1.5.13 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-6v67-2wr5-gvf4 ch.qos.logback:logback-core (Maven) Fixed in 1.3.15 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| A-MQ Clients 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat AMQ Clients | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Build of Keycloak | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Data Grid 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Process Automation 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Debezium 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of OptaPlanner 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| streams for Apache Kafka | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-12801
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6v67-2wr5-gvf4
References
More QOS.CH Sarl vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-11065 Incomplete protection against CVE-2025-11226 CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.0
- TI-2025-10282 Conditional processing of logback.xml configuration file, in conjuction with Spring Framework and Janino CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.0
- TI-2024-11860 JaninoEventEvaluator vulnerability CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2026-66127 Logback: Incomplete protection against CVE-2026-19880 CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2026-16116 Incomplete protection against CVE-2025-11226 CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2026-09059 Logback deserialization whitelist bypass for Proxy objects CVSS 4.0LOW 2.9
Sources
- CVE-2024-12801 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-12801 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6v67-2wr5-gvf4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-12801 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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