CVE-2026-105243

MEDIUM 5.3

Apache log4net: Oversize EventLogAppender record silently discarded

CVSS Score

5.3

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-778
Vendor	apache software foundation
Product	apache log4net
Published	Oct 6, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Affected Versions

Apache Software Foundation / Apache log4net

1.2.9 < 3.5.0

Apache Software Foundation / Apache log4net

02e1e115435888485f2e28b414d267e39e799e07 < 28fbfb25678c48a8cc5bc9b94ead0dddfc39ffed

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

github.com: https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/pull/315 github.com: https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/commit/28fbfb25678c48a8cc5bc9b94ead0dddfc39ffed lists.apache.org: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/jr6fj5skv1vnjbc9jmt8bp151p8ow1rp

Credits

The Apache Software Foundation Claude Security Jan Friedrich