Graylog is a free and open log management platform. Prior to Graylog Server versions 6.3.12, 7.0.7, and 7.1.2 and Graylog Forwarder version 7.3, the FortiGate key-value syslog parser in graylog2-server/src/main/java/org/graylog2/inputs/codecs/GLFortiGateSyslogEvent.java and graylog2-server/src/main/java/org/graylog2/inputs/codecs/SyslogCodec.java mishandles field-like text inside quoted values. GLFortiGateSyslogEvent.getFields() uses KV_PATTERN and QUOTED_KV_PATTERN, while SyslogCodec.parse() invokes the FortiGateSyslogEvent parser; crafted values containing = or backslash-escaped quotes can cause embedded keys such as srcip, dstip, date, time, and tz to remove or overwrite original top-level fields or produce an invalid message that Graylog discards. An unauthenticated network sender who can submit syslog messages can therefore manipulate security-log fields or evade logging to obscure malicious activity. This issue is fixed in Graylog Server versions 6.3.12, 7.0.7, and 7.1.2 and Graylog Forwarder version 7.3.
Advisories
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-gqr6-r77p-c2pj | Fortigate syslog message parser can be exploited to modify or delete fields from the original message |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
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History
Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000
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Graylog2
Graylog2 graylog2-server |
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Graylog2
Graylog2 graylog2-server |
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 22:30:00 +0000
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| Description | Graylog is a free and open log management platform. Prior to Graylog Server versions 6.3.12, 7.0.7, and 7.1.2 and Graylog Forwarder version 7.3, the FortiGate key-value syslog parser in graylog2-server/src/main/java/org/graylog2/inputs/codecs/GLFortiGateSyslogEvent.java and graylog2-server/src/main/java/org/graylog2/inputs/codecs/SyslogCodec.java mishandles field-like text inside quoted values. GLFortiGateSyslogEvent.getFields() uses KV_PATTERN and QUOTED_KV_PATTERN, while SyslogCodec.parse() invokes the FortiGateSyslogEvent parser; crafted values containing = or backslash-escaped quotes can cause embedded keys such as srcip, dstip, date, time, and tz to remove or overwrite original top-level fields or produce an invalid message that Graylog discards. An unauthenticated network sender who can submit syslog messages can therefore manipulate security-log fields or evade logging to obscure malicious activity. This issue is fixed in Graylog Server versions 6.3.12, 7.0.7, and 7.1.2 and Graylog Forwarder version 7.3. | |
| Title | Graylog: Fortigate syslog message parser can be exploited to modify or delete fields from the original message | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-138 | |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-28T22:11:08.747Z
Reserved: 2026-06-17T16:29:38.865Z
Link: CVE-2026-55841
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-28T23:17:07.840
Modified: 2026-08-28T23:17:07.840
Link: CVE-2026-55841
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-28T23:45:03Z
Weaknesses
Github GHSA