SecurityWeek reports that while cybersecurity experts have compared the critical Apache Commons Text security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-42889, to the Log4Shell flaw, it is not expected to be as widespread as the latter.
Vulnerability researchers and media sources are paying a lot of attention to CVE-2022-42889, a vulnerability affecting the open source library Apache Commons Text, which could potentially allow a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code. The post What You Need to Know About the Apache Commons Text Flaw (CVE-2022-42889) appeared first on Flashpoint.
Experts say CVE-2022-42899 is a serious vulnerability, but widespread exploitation is unlikely because of the specific conditions that need to exist for it to happen.