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The Apache Log4j vulnerability has been assigned the most critical cyber threat rating of CVSS 10. CVE-2021-45046 is the latest tracking identity for the Log4j vulnerability linked to the security flaws associated with the patch released in version 2.15.0 of Log4j.

The original Apache Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228), also known as Log4Shell, is a cybersecurity vulnerability on the Apache Log4j 2 Java library.

Software with apache log4j security vulnerabilities don't even need to be directly exposed to the internet to be exploited.

There are two historical security breaches that could be compared to the potential impact of the Apache Log4j vulnerability.

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