# CVE-2026-105242: Apache log4net: Request validation failure drops the event in the aspnet-request converter

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.5.0
- Published: 2026-10-06 · Updated: 2026-10-07

## Affected

- log4net: from 1.2.11, fixed in 3.5.0
- log4net: from 243f1e9f3ee235955bade4b4fe664a903378719a, fixed in 145203420c579a703008b4b723b6a080757f4964

## Description

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the aspnet-request pattern converter of Apache log4net. Reading request parameters triggers ASP.NET request validation, so a request carrying content such as markup made the layout throw and the appender discarded the whole event. A sender could suppress the log record of their own request. Only applications on ASP.NET for .NET Framework whose layout uses %aspnet-request are affected. This issue affects Apache log4net: from 1.2.11 before 3.5.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.5.0, which fixes the issue.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/pull/316
- https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/commit/145203420c579a703008b4b723b6a080757f4964
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/zg6dbqm4ztm7j3c21nfsqj0yxm5yrpdx

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