Advisory record · GHSA-4f7c-pmjv-c25w

Apache Log4net: Silent log event loss in XmlLayout and XmlLayoutSchemaLog4J due to unescaped XML 1.0 forbidden characters

CVSS 6.3 MediumEPSS 0.0080 · 56th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 10 Apr 2026, 18:31 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
log4netNuGet<3.3.03.3.0
Identifiers
GHSA-4f7c-pmjv-c25w · CVE-2026-40021
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-116
Published
10 Apr 2026
Updated
5 May 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
6.3 Medium 4.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N CNA (apache)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0080, the 56th percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:22 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:22 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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