{"id":"CVE-2026-105244","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-105244","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:24:37.211Z","title":"Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability in the RemoteSyslogAppender of Apache log4net.","description":"Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability in the RemoteSyslogAppender of Apache log4net.\n\nEvery 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.\n\nThis issue affects Apache log4net: from 1.2.12 before 3.5.0.\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 3.5.0, which fixes the issue.","published":"2026-10-06T20:17:16.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-09T15:18:45.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-116"],"affected":["apache/log4net"],"epss":{"score":0.00823,"percentile":0.57087,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-07","score":0.00338,"percentile":0.25134}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.82%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-06T20:17:16.000Z","detail":{"score":"5.3","severity":"MEDIUM","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T20:17:16.297Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 5.3)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/commit/77717061b20d4346b6c0ce6b54643d85fb348bc7","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/pull/315","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/q7649hhdodthoqw8jsjgtnb4m8qfy6d6","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/07/19","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105244","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}