CVE-2025-11226 Security Details

CVE ID

CVE-2025-11226

CWE

CWE-20

CVE Description

ACE vulnerability in conditional configuration file processing by QOS.CH logback-core up to and including version 1.5.18 in Java applications, allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code by compromising an existing logback configuration file or by injecting an environment variable before program execution. A successful attack requires the presence of Janino library and Spring Framework to be present on the user's class path. In addition, the attacker must  have write access to a configuration file. Alternatively, the attacker could inject a malicious environment variable pointing to a malicious configuration file. In both cases, the attack requires existing privilege.

Published

Oct 3, 2025

CVSS Score & Severity

7.3High

CVSS Vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS Score

0.067%

Malware

malware

KEV Status

Not in KEV Catalog: No known exploits

Vulnerable Methods

ch/qos/logback/core/joran/conditional/IfAction.begin(Lch/qos/logback/core/joran/spi/InterpretationContext;Ljava/lang/String;Lorg/xml/sax/Attributes;)V

JVMVulnerable params: 0

ch/qos/logback/core/model/processor/conditional/IfModelHandler.handle(Lch/qos/logback/core/model/processor/ModelInterpretationContext;Lch/qos/logback/core/model/Model;)V

JVMVulnerable params: 1

Affected Ecosystems

affected

Source

National Vulnerability Database

References

logback.qos.chPROJECT