# When will the next patch be released for Elasticsearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 16, 2021, 2:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-will-the-next-patch-be-released-for-elasticsearch/292066 "2021-12-16T02:49:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
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Per Announcement Here which is being updated daily so please check back there > [@Apache Log4j2 Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability - CVE-2021-44228 - ESA-2021-31](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apache-log4j2-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability-cve-2021-44228-esa-2021-31/291476): > > Subject: Apache Log4j2 Vulnerability - CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046, CVE-2021-45105, CVE-2021-44832 - ESA-2021-31 ​​Note - We will update this announcement with new details as they emerge from our analysis. Please check back periodically. Update Log Dec 16, 2021 - 04:20 UTC - Update Summary: ECK 1.9 released which automatically adds the JVM option to impacted Elasticsearch clusters managed by ECK. Dec 17, 2021 - 23:50 UTC - Update latest release of APM Java Agent to 1.28.2. Statement of pl… > As of December 13, 2021, we have released Elasticsearch 6.8.21 and 7.16.1 which set the JVM option identified below and remove the vulnerable JndiLookup class from Log4j out of an abundance of caution. If you are on a 6.x version prior to 6.4.0 and upgrading is not possible, you can follow [the instructions here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-0-5-6-10-and-6-0-0-6-3-2-log4j-cve-2021-44228-cve-2021-45046-remediation/292054). --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-will-the-next-patch-be-released-for-elasticsearch/292066)._