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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2026-105243

Insufficient Logging vulnerability in the EventLogAppender of Apache log4net. Long messages were truncated to a fixed size that exceeds what the Windows Event Log accepts once the log and source names are counted, and the event log then stored nothing and reported nothing. A party whose data reaches a log message could suppress the whole record by making it long enough. 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-2026-105243
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
29 Oct 2026, 07:14 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-105243

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Oct 2026, 20:17 UTC

Insufficient Logging vulnerability in the EventLogAppender of Apache log4net. Long messages were truncated to a fixed size that exceeds what the Windows Event Log accepts once the log and source names are counted, and the event log then stored nothing and reported nothing. A party whose data reaches a log message could suppress the whole record by making it long enough. 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-2026-105243

log4net

Fixed versions: Not specified

log4net

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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