CWE-158
AllowedImproper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character
Abstraction: Variant · Status: Incomplete
The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes NUL characters or null bytes when they are sent to a downstream component.
55 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
CVE-2026-105240 (GCVE-0-2026-105240)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-06 19:47 – Updated: 2026-10-07 16:27- CWE-158 - Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache log4net |
Affected:
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Affected:
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CVE-2026-105239 (GCVE-0-2026-105239)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-06 19:46 – Updated: 2026-10-07 06:11- CWE-158 - Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character
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CVE-2026-92705 (GCVE-0-2026-92705)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-09 20:37 – Updated: 2026-10-14 02:14| URL | Tags |
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| TypesettingTools | Aegisub |
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CVE-2026-84790 (GCVE-0-2026-84790)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-13 21:39 – Updated: 2026-10-13 21:45| URL | Tags |
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CVE-2026-76354 (GCVE-0-2026-76354)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-19 21:34 – Updated: 2026-08-20 16:27- CWE-158 - The software receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes NUL characters or null bytes when they are sent to a downstream component.
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
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| Splunk | Splunk Enterprise |
Affected:
10.4 , < 10.4.2
(custom)
Affected: 10.2 , < 10.2.6 (custom) Affected: 10.0 , < 10.0.9 (custom) Affected: 9.4 , < 9.4.14 (custom) |
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CVE-2026-70603 (GCVE-0-2026-70603)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-05 15:56 – Updated: 2026-08-06 03:55| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
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Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-26 17:27 – Updated: 2026-06-27 02:53- CWE-158 - Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character
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CVE-2026-43895 (GCVE-0-2026-43895)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-11 17:24 – Updated: 2026-05-13 14:41| URL | Tags |
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Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-04 05:52 – Updated: 2026-05-04 18:20- CWE-158 - Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character
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CVE-2026-43859 (GCVE-0-2026-43859)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-04 05:41 – Updated: 2026-05-04 18:20- CWE-158 - Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character
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Mitigation
Developers should anticipate that null characters or null bytes will be injected/removed/manipulated in the input vectors of their product. Use an appropriate combination of denylists and allowlists to ensure only valid, expected and appropriate input is processed by the system.
Mitigation MIT-5
Strategy: Input Validation
- Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
- When performing input validation, consider all potentially relevant properties, including length, type of input, the full range of acceptable values, missing or extra inputs, syntax, consistency across related fields, and conformance to business rules. As an example of business rule logic, "boat" may be syntactically valid because it only contains alphanumeric characters, but it is not valid if the input is only expected to contain colors such as "red" or "blue."
- Do not rely exclusively on looking for malicious or malformed inputs. This is likely to miss at least one undesirable input, especially if the code's environment changes. This can give attackers enough room to bypass the intended validation. However, denylists can be useful for detecting potential attacks or determining which inputs are so malformed that they should be rejected outright.
Mitigation MIT-20
Strategy: Input Validation
Inputs should be decoded and canonicalized to the application's current internal representation before being validated (CWE-180). Make sure that the application does not decode the same input twice (CWE-174). Such errors could be used to bypass allowlist validation schemes by introducing dangerous inputs after they have been checked.
CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes
An adversary embeds one or more null bytes in input to the target software. This attack relies on the usage of a null-valued byte as a string terminator in many environments. The goal is for certain components of the target software to stop processing the input when it encounters the null byte(s).
CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash
If a string is passed through a filter of some kind, then a terminal NULL may not be valid. Using alternate representation of NULL allows an adversary to embed the NULL mid-string while postfixing the proper data so that the filter is avoided. One example is a filter that looks for a trailing slash character. If a string insertion is possible, but the slash must exist, an alternate encoding of NULL in mid-string may be used.