Organizations around the world will be dealing with the long-tail consequences of this vulnerability, known as Log4Shell, for years to come. Update December 17: Apache has updated the severity of CVE-2021-45046, a second Log4j vulnerability, from low to critical (9.0 CVSSv3) citing possible RCE under certain configurations. For more information, please refer to this post on the Tenable Community.The discovery of a critical flaw in the Apache Log4j software is nothing short of a Fukushima moment for the cybersecurity industry.Ten years ago, an earthquake and subsequent tidal wave triggered the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear power plant that continues to plague the region today. Similarly, the early exploitation of Log4j, during which attackers will go after the low-hanging fruit exposed by the vulnerability, will evolve over time to take the form of more complex attacks on more sensitive systems that have less exposure to the internet. And, just as Fukushima brought to light signific
