Apache log4net: Unencodable content discards a whole SmtpPickupDirAppender batch
Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding vulnerability in the SmtpPickupDirAppender of Apache log4net. Content that the mail file writer cannot encode, such as an unpaired UTF-16 surrogate, made the write throw. Every buffered event in the batch was discarded, not only the one carrying the content, and a truncated mail could be left in the pickup directory. A party whose data reaches a log message could suppress the records of other events. Only applications that use SmtpPickupDirAppender 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.
CVE-2026-105241
Primary source · Revision 1
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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-105241
Apache log4net
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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Apache log4net
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product
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"vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
"product": "Apache log4net",
"versions": [
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"status": "affected",
"version": "1.2.9",
"lessThan": "3.5.0",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"packageURL": "pkg:nuget/log4net",
"packageName": "log4net",
"collectionURL": "https://nuget.org/packages",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
},
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"repo": "https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4net.git",
"vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
"product": "Apache log4net",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "02e1e115435888485f2e28b414d267e39e799e07",
"lessThan": "4d2e10f0908199604b4326f9df6d0b43b871e333",
"versionType": "git"
}
],
"packageURL": "pkg:nuget/log4net",
"packageName": "log4net",
"collectionURL": "https://nuget.org/packages",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
}
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