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.

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Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Apache log4net: Oversize EventLogAppender record silently discarded
Weaknesses CWE-778
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-06T19:51:25.116Z

Reserved: 2026-10-04T16:21:38.272Z

Link: CVE-2026-105243

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-06T20:17:16.167

Modified: 2026-10-06T20:17:16.167

Link: CVE-2026-105243

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Updated: 2026-10-07T00:45:09Z

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