Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core package, versions [2.0-alpha1, 2.25.4)[3.0.0-alpha1,]
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- published10 Apr 2026
- disclosed10 Apr 2026
- creditSamy Medjahed, Eliott Laurie, jabaltarik1
Introduced: 10 Apr 2026
NewCVE-2026-34480 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
Overview
org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core is a logging library for Java.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in the XmlLayout plugin. An attacker can cause log events to be silently lost or malformed by injecting XML 1.0 forbidden characters into log messages or MDC values. This may result in malformed XML output, which can cause downstream log-processing systems to drop affected records or prevent log events from being delivered to their intended destinations.