CVE-2025-68161 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2025-68161: The Socket Appender in Apache Log4j Core versions 2.0-beta9 through 2.25.2 does not perform TLS hostname verification of the peer certificate, even when the verifyHostName https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/appenders/network.html#SslConfiguration-attr-verifyHostName configuration attribut

Affects 1 Linux release across 1 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2025-68161 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

apache-log4j2→ fixed in2.17.1-1~deb11u2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y apache-log4j2
```

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