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<h1>Recommended update for apache-logging-parent, log4j</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-RU-2026:3618-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-08-14T05:19:47Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">Basesystem Module 15-SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7</li>
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<p>An update that can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for apache-logging-parent, log4j fixes the following issues:</p>
<p>apache-logging-parent:</p>
<ul>
<li>Upgrade to logging-parent 12.1.1</li>
<li>Main changes<ul>
<li>Update to the latest upstream release (includes major updates
from versions 10, 11, and 12).</li>
<li>Better Security Tracking: Added tools (CycloneDX) to
automatically list all software ingredients (SBOM) used in the
build.</li>
<li>Updated Java Module Building: Swapped the old
maven-bundle-plugin for bnd-maven-plugin to better handle OSGi
and modern Java modules.</li>
<li>Stricter Code Quality: Added spotless-maven-plugin to enforce
a standard code style, and grouped bug-catching tools (Error
Prone, SpotBugs) into one place.</li>
<li>New Changelog System: Replaced the old Maven changes plugin
with a custom log4j-changelog-maven-plugin for managing
release notes.</li>
<li>Standardized Automation: Centralized GitHub Actions workflows
to make testing, building, and deploying more consistent
across projects.</li>
<li>Reliable Builds: Updated core Maven plugins and enforced
strict timestamp settings so that the same source code always
produces the exact same final files (reproducible builds).</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>log4j:</p>
<ul>
<li>Build with apache-logging-parent 12.1.1</li>
<li>Full osgi metadata generation</li>
<li>Bring back the annotation processing and generating the
Log4j2Plugins.dat descriptors</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-3618=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-3618=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-3618=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2026-3618=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-3618=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-3618=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Basesystem Module 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-3618=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-3618=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-3618=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-3618=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-3618=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (noarch)
<ul>
<li>log4j-javadoc-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-jcl-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-slf4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>log4j-javadoc-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-jcl-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-slf4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (noarch)
<ul>
<li>log4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-jcl-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-javadoc-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-slf4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (noarch)
<ul>
<li>log4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-jcl-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-javadoc-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-slf4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>log4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-jcl-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-javadoc-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-slf4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>log4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-jcl-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-javadoc-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-slf4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>log4j-javadoc-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-jcl-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-slf4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>log4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-jcl-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-javadoc-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-slf4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>log4j-javadoc-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-jcl-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-slf4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>log4j-javadoc-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-jcl-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-slf4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>log4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-jcl-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-javadoc-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
<li>log4j-slf4j-2.26.1-150200.4.42.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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