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
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105241
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-105241
patch
https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/pull/315
patch
https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/commit/4d2e10f0908199604b4326f9df6d0b43b871e333
vendor-advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/hg8dgh3oy8bp3dhb8nsygk9kw2o401ws
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