CVE-2026-34478
Published:April 10, 2026
Updated:April 20, 2026
Apache Log4j Core's Rfc5424Layout https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/layouts.html#RFC5424Layout , in versions 2.21.0 through 2.25.3, is vulnerable to log injection via CRLF sequences due to undocumented renames of security-relevant configuration attributes.
Two distinct issues affect users of stream-based syslog services who configure Rfc5424Layout directly:
* The newLineEscape attribute was silently renamed, causing newline escaping to stop working for users of TCP framing (RFC 6587), exposing them to CRLF injection in log output.
* The useTlsMessageFormat attribute was silently renamed, causing users of TLS framing (RFC 5425) to be silently downgraded to unframed TCP (RFC 6587), without newline escaping.
Users of the SyslogAppender are not affected, as its configuration attributes were not modified.
Users are advised to upgrade to Apache Log4j Core 2.25.4, which corrects this issue.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=rel/2.21.0 <rel/2.25.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version rel/2.25.4org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=2.21.0 <2.25.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.25.4org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=2.21.0 <2.25.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.25.4Related Resources (9)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
LOW
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.19