CVE-2026-105239
mediumImproper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character vulnerability in the EventLogAppender of Apache log4net.
Vendor / product: Apache — log4net
Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character vulnerability in the EventLogAppender of Apache log4net. A NUL character in logged content ended the Windows Event Log record at that point, so everything the layout rendered after it, including exception text and trailing fields, was silently not stored. A party whose data reaches a log message could hide the rest of that record. Only applications on Windows that use EventLogAppender are affected. This issue affects Apache log4net: from 1.2.9 before 3.5.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.5.0, which fixes the issue.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/commit/dc5855a0720c91590fd7a81d729ea01fdd69e000 security@apache.org
- https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/pull/315 security@apache.org
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9fx1qo5hc0tg8ym0t6p9gt1zpb2qlxpq security@apache.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/07/14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108