{"id":"BIT-zookeeper-2026-84501","summary":"Apache ZooKeeper: Operational log forgery via newline injection in EnsembleAuthenticationProvider","details":"An unauthenticated attacker can inject arbitrary fake log lines into Apache ZooKeeper's operational log by sending a crafted add_auth(\"ensemble\", ...) request containing newline characters (\\n). When the ensemble name doesn't match, EnsembleAuthenticationProvider.handleAuthentication() logs the raw, unsanitized name via LOG.warn(). Because SLF4J's {} placeholder preserves embedded newlines, the attacker can forge complete log entries — with arbitrary timestamps, log levels, class names, and messages — that are visually indistinguishable from genuine ZooKeeper log output.\n\nThis issue affects Apache ZooKeeper: from 3.9.0 through 3.9.5, from 3.8.0 through 3.8.6.\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 3.8.7 or 3.9.6, which fixes the issue.","aliases":["CVE-2026-84501"],"modified":"2026-09-19T09:15:03.074339196Z","published":"2026-09-19T08:51:30.697Z","database_specific":{"severity":"Medium","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:apache:zookeeper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]},"references":[{"type":"DISCUSSION","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/15/7"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/ohby1g6zjt72p0w79rhbr41nczzvr33y"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84501"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"zookeeper","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/zookeeper"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"3.8.0"},{"fixed":"3.8.7"},{"introduced":"3.9.0"},{"fixed":"3.9.6"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/zookeeper/BIT-zookeeper-2026-84501.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"}]}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}