# Is WebAssembly Susceptible to Log4Shell-style Attacks?

DevFeed: [Is WebAssembly Susceptible to Log4Shell-style Attacks?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/is-webassembly-susceptible-to-log4shell-style-attacks-15294.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.fermyon.com/blog/log4sh-and-webassembly>)

Author: Matt Butcher

Published: 2022-03-11T20:41:14Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Fermyon - Experience the next wave of cloud computing.](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/fermyon-experience-the-next-wave-of-cloud-computing.md>)

Topics: [WebAssembly](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-assembly.md>), [log4j](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/log4j.md>)

Tags: [attacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/attacks.md>), [log4j](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/log4j.md>), [webassembly](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webassembly.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses whether WebAssembly is susceptible to Log4Shell-style attacks and states that WebAssembly is resistant to this kind of attack.

## Source excerpt

The recent Log4j attack provides an opportunity to talk about that characteristic and see why WebAssembly is resistant to this kind of attack.