logback — security advisory
Path-traversal vulnerability in QOS.CH Sarl Logback-classic on Java (logback-classic module) allows path-traversal vulnerability. More specifically, an MDC-based discriminator value flows unsanitized into a nested FileAppender path, letting an attacker who influences that MDC value (e.g. via an HTTP header) create and append log files outside the intended directory. This issue affects Logback-classic: from 0.9.14 through 1.6.2.
- Products
- logback
- Affected versions
- 1:1.2.11-3, 1:1.2.11-4, 1:1.2.11-5, 1:1.2.11-6, 1:1.6.3-1, 1:1.6.3-2
- Fixed versions
- 1:1.6.3-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-19880
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 19:05 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Path-traversal vulnerability in QOS.CH Sarl Logback-classic on Java (logback-classic module) allows path-traversal vulnerability. More specifically, an MDC-based discriminator value flows unsanitized into a nested FileAppender path, letting an attacker who influences that MDC value (e.g. via an HTTP header) create and append log files outside the intended directory. This issue affects Logback-classic: from 0.9.14 through 1.6.2.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-19880
logback
Fixed versions: Not specified
logback
Fixed versions: Not specified
logback
Fixed versions: 1:1.6.3-1
Complete source record
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