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CVE-2026-105240: Apache log4net: NUL character truncates OutputDebugStringAppender records

MediumCVSS 5.3 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.80% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 57.3% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache log4net 3.5.0, 6046fe9d7f353b49fe995361c071ec2eea8f7ef6.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Apache Software Foundation Apache log4net 3.5.0, 6046fe9d7f353b49fe995361c071ec2eea8f7ef6 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character vulnerability in the OutputDebugStringAppender of Apache log4net. A NUL character in logged content ended the debug output record at that point, so everything the layout rendered after it, including exception text and trailing fields, was silently lost. A party whose data reaches a log message could hide the rest of that record. Only applications on Windows that use OutputDebugStringAppender 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.

Published
Oct 6, 2026
Updated
Oct 9, 2026
EPSS
0.8% · 57th percentile

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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.8%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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5.3
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VendorProduct
apachelog4net

Versions reported by the vendor

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  • Apache Software Foundation Apache log4net

    • 1.2.9 and later · before 3.5.0affected · semver
    • 02e1e115435888485f2e28b414d267e39e799e07 and later · before 6046fe9d7f353b49fe995361c071ec2eea8f7ef6affected · git

Affected versions

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  • apache log4net1.2.9 and later · before 3.5.0

Package-level exposure

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EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:13log4netfrom 0—

Same product

apache: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2018-1285Apache log4net versions before 2.0.10 do not disable XML external entities when parsing log4net configuration files.
    44Plan
  • CVE-2026-40021Apache Log4net: Silent log event loss in XmlLayout and XmlLayoutSchemaLog4J due to unescaped XML 1.0 forbidden characters
    25Monitor
  • CVE-2006-0743Format string vulnerability in LocalSyslogAppender in Apache log4net 1.2.9 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
    22Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-105239Oct 6, 2026 · Apache log4net: NUL character truncates EventLogAppender records
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-105241Oct 6, 2026 · Apache log4net: Unencodable content discards a whole SmtpPickupDirAppender batch
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-105242Oct 6, 2026 · Apache log4net: Request validation failure drops the event in the aspnet-request converter
    21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Apache Software Foundation Apache log4net3.5.0Vendor (CNA)
Apache Software Foundation Apache log4net6046fe9d7f353b49fe995361c071ec2eea8f7ef6Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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  1. Published
  2. Fix recordedsame day
  3. TodayNov 13, 2026+38 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

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  • CVE-2026-1052390 days apartApache log4net: NUL character truncates EventLogAppender records
    21Monitor

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-158 · Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

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  2. Exploit maturity— → none
  3. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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