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Log4j vulnerability explained: Prevent Log4Shell RCE by updating to version 2.17.1

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A new critical vulnerability was disclosed for log4j, a very popular Java logging framework from the Apache foundation. All current versions of log4j2 up to 2.14.1 are vulnerable. You can remediate this vulnerability by updating to version 2.17.1 or later.

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