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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2026-105244

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability in the RemoteSyslogAppender of Apache log4net. Every character outside visible ASCII and space was removed from the record instead of being escaped, so non-ASCII text and control characters such as tabs disappeared without notice. A party whose data reaches a log message could make a distinct value look identical in the record, for example a user name holding a zero-width space logged as admin. Only applications that use RemoteSyslogAppender are affected. This issue affects Apache log4net: from 1.2.12 before 3.5.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.5.0, which fixes the issue.

Products
log4net
Affected versions
1.2.10+dfsg-10, 1.2.10+dfsg-9
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-105244
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 09:02 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-105244

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Oct 2026, 20:17 UTC

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability in the RemoteSyslogAppender of Apache log4net. Every character outside visible ASCII and space was removed from the record instead of being escaped, so non-ASCII text and control characters such as tabs disappeared without notice. A party whose data reaches a log message could make a distinct value look identical in the record, for example a user name holding a zero-width space logged as admin. Only applications that use RemoteSyslogAppender are affected. This issue affects Apache log4net: from 1.2.12 before 3.5.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.5.0, which fixes the issue.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-105244

log4net

Fixed versions: Not specified

log4net

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-105244",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability in the RemoteSyslogAppender of Apache log4net. Every character outside visible ASCII and space was removed from the record instead of being escaped, so non-ASCII text and control characters such as tabs disappeared without notice. A party whose data reaches a log message could make a distinct value look identical in the record, for example a user name holding a zero-width space logged as admin. Only applications that use RemoteSyslogAppender are affected. This issue affects Apache log4net: from 1.2.12 before 3.5.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.5.0, which fixes the issue.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-105244",
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          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
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          },
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-08T09:47:25.921258904Z",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 98860,
  "published_at": "2026-10-06T20:17:16.297+00:00"
}