Vulnerabilities / CVE-2018-8088

critical

CVE-2018-8088

slf4j: Deserialisation vulnerability in EventData constructor can allow for arbitrary code execution

Published Modified
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA, Photon OS. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Amazon (high), Oracle (high).

Description

org.slf4j.ext.EventData in the slf4j-ext module in QOS.CH SLF4J before 1.8.0-beta2 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via crafted data. EventData in the slf4j-ext module in QOS.CH SLF4J, has been fixed in SLF4J versions 1.7.26 later and in the 2.0.x series.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.slf4j:slf4j-ext1.7.26, 1.8.0-beta4
Photon OS 3.0zookeeper3.8.0-1.ph3
amazon linux 2slf4j, slf4j-javadoc, slf4j-manual1.7.4-4.amzn2
debian 11libslf4j-java1.7.25-3
debian 12libslf4j-java1.7.25-3
debian 13libslf4j-java1.7.25-3
debian 14libslf4j-java1.7.25-3
echolibslf4j-java1.7.25-3
Oracle Linux 7slf4j, slf4j-javadoc, slf4j-manual1.7.4-4.el7_4
Red Hatslf4j, slf4j-javadoc, slf4j-manualno fix listed
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SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.slf4j:slf4j-ext1.7.26, 1.8.0-beta4
Photon OS 3.0zookeeper3.8.0-1.ph3
amazon linux 2slf4j1.7.4-4.amzn2
amazon linux 2slf4j-javadoc1.7.4-4.amzn2
amazon linux 2slf4j-manual1.7.4-4.amzn2
debian 11libslf4j-java1.7.25-3
debian 12libslf4j-java1.7.25-3
debian 13libslf4j-java1.7.25-3
debian 14libslf4j-java1.7.25-3
echolibslf4j-java1.7.25-3
Oracle Linux 7slf4j1.7.4-4.el7_4
Oracle Linux 7slf4j-javadoc1.7.4-4.el7_4
Oracle Linux 7slf4j-manual1.7.4-4.el7_4
Red Hatslf4jno fix listed
Red Hatslf4j-javadocno fix listed
Red Hatslf4j-manualno fix listed

References

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