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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2026-105239

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.

Products
log4net
Affected versions
1.2.10+dfsg-10, 1.2.10+dfsg-9
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-105239
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
29 Oct 2026, 07:14 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-105239

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Oct 2026, 20:17 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-105239

log4net

Fixed versions: Not specified

log4net

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-105239",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "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.",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-10T09:47:37.883109163Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 228529,
  "published_at": "2026-10-06T20:17:15.63+00:00"
}