Medium severity · published Oct 6, 2026
CVE-2026-105241
Apache log4net: Unencodable content discards a whole SmtpPickupDirAppender batch
5.3
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding vulnerability in the SmtpPickupDirAppender of Apache log4net. Content that the mail file writer cannot encode, such as an unpaired UTF-16 surrogate, made the write throw. Every buffered event in the batch was discarded, not only the one carrying the content, and a truncated mail could be left in the pickup directory. A party whose data reaches a log message could suppress the records of other events. Only applications that use SmtpPickupDirAppender 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AL
Apache log4net · Apache Software Foundation
1.2.9 before 3.5.0; 02e1e115435888485f2e28b414d267e39e799e07 before 4d2e10f0908199604b4326f9df6d0b43b871e333 · source: vendor
LO
Log4net · Apache
1.2.9 before 3.5.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
AL
Apache log4net
Apache Software Foundation
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