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GHSA-Q2XJ-998M-58GF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-06 21:31 – Updated: 2026-10-06 21:31

Details

Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character vulnerability in the OutputDebugStringAppender of Apache log4net.

A NUL character in logged content ended the debug output record at that point, so everything the layout rendered after it, including exception text and trailing fields, was silently lost. A party whose data reaches a log message could hide the rest of that record. Only applications on Windows that use OutputDebugStringAppender 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.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2026-105240 (GCVE-0-2026-105240)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-06 19:47 – Updated: 2026-10-07 06:11

Title

Apache log4net: NUL character truncates OutputDebugStringAppender records

Summary

Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character vulnerability in the OutputDebugStringAppender of Apache log4net. A NUL character in logged content ended the debug output record at that point, so everything the layout rendered after it, including exception text and trailing fields, was silently lost. A party whose data reaches a log message could hide the rest of that record. Only applications on Windows that use OutputDebugStringAppender 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.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-158 - Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character

Assigner

apache mitre root Scorecard

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/pull/315	patch
https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/commit/…	patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/gyw2d4ppy82t…	vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/1…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache log4net	Affected: 1.2.9 , < 3.5.0 (semver)
Apache Software Foundation	Apache log4net	Affected: 02e1e115435888485f2e28b414d267e39e799e07 , < 6046fe9d7f353b49fe995361c071ec2eea8f7ef6 (git)

Credits

The Apache Software Foundation Claude Security Jan Friedrich

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