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symlinks not scanning

See original GitHub issue

symlinks are no longer scanning.

steps to reproduce

mkdir test
wget 'https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-core/2.13.2/log4j-core-2.13.2.jar' -O test/test-vuln.jar
ln -s test test-symlink
./log4j2-scan test-symlink

finds 0 vulns

note: Scanner 1.7.0 (2021-12-17) did not have this problem. this is new regression.

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Created 2 years ago
Comments:8 (5 by maintainers)

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nddipiazzacommented, Dec 22, 2021

Verified fixed with v2.6.0. Closing.

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nddipiazzacommented, Dec 22, 2021

never mind, I understand what you mean now.

log4j2-scan - will not follow sym links log4j2-scan /my/path - will follow sym links log4j2-scan --no-symlink /my/path - will not follow sym links

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