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+# CISA Log4j (CVE-2021-44228) Affected Vendor & Software Lists
+
+## Contributing Guidelines ##
+
+We welcome contributions!  Please see [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md) for
+details.
+
+### Creating a pull request ###
+
+Instructions for creating a pull request using the GitHub Web UI can be found
+in [`PULL-EXAMPLE.md`](PULL-EXAMPLE.md).
+
+## Software Lists ##
+
+To view the lists of vendors & software click below:
+[0-9](software_lists/software_list_Non-Alphabet.md) [A](software_lists/software_list_a.md)
+[B](software_lists/software_list_b.md) [C](software_lists/software_list_c.md)
+[D](software_lists/software_list_d.md) [E](software_lists/software_list_e.md)
+[F](software_lists/software_list_f.md) [G](software_lists/software_list_g.md)
+[H](software_lists/software_list_h.md) [I](software_lists/software_list_i.md)
+[J](software_lists/software_list_j.md) [K](software_lists/software_list_k.md)
+[L](software_lists/software_list_l.md) [M](software_lists/software_list_m.md)
+[N](software_lists/software_list_n.md) [O](software_lists/software_list_o.md)
+[P](software_lists/software_list_p.md) [Q](software_lists/software_list_q.md)
+[R](software_lists/software_list_r.md) [S](software_lists/software_list_s.md)
+[T](software_lists/software_list_t.md) [U](software_lists/software_list_u.md)
+[V](software_lists/software_list_v.md) [W](software_lists/software_list_w.md)
+[X](software_lists/software_list_x.md) [Y](software_lists/software_list_y.md)
+[Z](software_list_z.md)