Upstream information
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.
SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (Apache Software Foundation) |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.3 |
| Vector | 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 Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | None |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Wed Oct 7 14:13:59 2026CVE page last modified: Wed Oct 7 14:13:59 2026