 The version of ZAP installed is behind the master branch that addressed this References: https://www.blumira.com/analysis-log4shell-local-trigger/ https://www.lunasec.io/docs/blog/log4j-zero-day-update-on-cve-2021-45046/ https://github.com/zaproxy/zaproxy/pull/6979. https://github.com/zaproxy/zaproxy/issues/6980 Unsure what magic was done,  but the magic needs updating to the most recent URL to pull a newer version via wget.