What is CVE-2026-105241?

CVE-2026-105241 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Log4net, classified under CWE-176. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-105241?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Log4net

CVE-2026-105241

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.

Published 2026-10-06 · last modified 2026-10-07.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Log4net

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-176

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-105241?: CVE-2026-105241 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Log4net, classified under CWE-176. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-105241?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.