Log4j Security Response - Squadcast is not affected by RCE Vulnerability

December 16, 2021
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Log4j Security Response - Squadcast is not affected by RCE Vulnerability
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    We at Squadcast firmly believe that the security of our platform and the data of our customers is of utmost importance. And we are transparent about any incident, especially if it threatens our security. To that end, we wanted to provide an update on the recently discovered zero-day vulnerability in the Java logging library - Log4j.

    What happened?

    On December 9, 2021, Apache publicly disclosed a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) in its popular Java logging library, Log4j. Since we do not use Log4j, Squadcast is not directly affected by the vulnerability. However, we’re auditing our integrations with critical vendors to ensure that there is no indirect impact.

    Our Findings

    Our own infrastructure is not vulnerable and hence, our platform is not impacted by this vulnerability. You can continue to use Squadcast and need not take any action for this vulnerability. One of our cloud-based vendors - Elasticsearch was vulnerable, but they've patched it as well.

    Additionally, Squadcast is not a Java shop, so we do not use either of our notification providers' - Twilio's or Plivo's Java libraries. Even if either of them are affected by the vulnerability, it does not impact us as a Twilio/Plivo client.

    Next steps

    We’re continuously following up with our critical vendors to ensure that they’re applying the appropriate patches to their systems if they’re impacted by the vulnerability. As of today, we do not see any impact with our critical vendors as well. We are continuing to monitor this issue and will determine whether additional actions are required and update this blog accordingly.

    For more information about our vendors, visit this page which has all the details about the Sub-processors of Squadcast.

    Update: 17 Dec 2021

    In the below table you can find the list of our vendors and their vulnerability status as of 17th Dec 2021. This table will be further updated on a regular basis.

    Product / Vendor Vulnerable Status Additional details
    Squadcast No Safe
    Squadcast Jira Plugin Yes Patched, Safe https://confluence.atlassian.com/security/multiple-products-security-advisory-log4j-vulnerable-to-remote-code-execution-cve-2021-44228-1103069934.html

    https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/faq-for-cve-2021-44228-1103069406.html
    Twilio Yes Patching in Progress https://www.twilio.com/blog/response-log4j-vulnerability
    Plivo No Safe
    Google Cloud Platform No Safe The product and versions being used by Squadcast are not vulnerable.

    https://cloud.google.com/log4j2-security-advisory
    Amazon Web Services Yes Patched, Safe https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2021-006/
    Stripe Yes Patched, Safe https://support.stripe.com/questions/update-for-apache-log4j-vulnerability-(cve-2021-44228)
    Chargebee No Safe Confirmed by vendor.
    Hubspot No Safe https://www.hubspot.com/log4j2
    Intercom Yes Patched, Safe https://www.intercomstatus.com/incidents/ss5hp81rhv1l?u=70vbc0dstm47
    LogDNA No Safe Confirmed by vendor.
    LogRocket Unknown Unknown We have reached out to the vendor for more details.
    Slack Yes Mitigation in place, patching in progress https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=000363736&type=1
    Segment.io - - Not using it anymore.
    Mixpanel No Safe https://community.mixpanel.com/data-management-10/log4j-vulnerability-6006
    MongoDB Yes, only Atlas search Patched, Safe https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/log4shell-vulnerability-cve-2021-44228-and-mongodb
    Mailchimp Unknown Unknown We have reached out to the vendor for more details.
    Zendesk Yes Mitigation in progress https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4413583476122
    OneSignal No Safe https://onesignal.com/blog/onesignal-is-not-impacted-by-lo/
    Userflow Unknown Unknown We have reached out to the vendor for more details.
    Mailgun Yes Patched, Safe https://status.mailgun.com/
    ElasticSearch Yes Patched, Safe https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apache-log4j2-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability-cve-2021-44228-esa-2021-31/291476
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