Hi Andy,

> On Dec 19, 2021, at 6:01 AM, Andy Jefferson <a...@datanucleus.org> wrote:
> 
>> 1. Log4j issue CVE-2021-44228 JDO-800 "Update Log4j Version" 
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JDO-800
>> TCK pom has been updated to log4j 2.16.0. 
>> What are the DataNucleus versions that we should use that have been or will 
>> be updated with the latest log4j releases?
> 
> The exact same ones as you are using. 

Great, glad to get confirmation that nothing is needed for the JDO dependency.

Warm regards,
Craig

> DN does not make direct use of any Log4j internal API etc, just gets a 
> LogManager and a Logger from that. The API for those calls is unchanged by 
> this "issue". Consequently it is only at RUNTIME that such an issue could be 
> exploited, and the user (of DN) chooses what version of Log4j to make use of 
> at runtime. No plans to update our pom (for v5.x) for an optional dependency. 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> -- 
> Andy
> DataNucleus (Web: http://www.datanucleus.org   Twitter: @datanucleus)
> 
> 

Craig L Russell
c...@apache.org

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