diff --git a/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/common/StringUtils.java b/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/common/StringUtils.java
index 481a3aa2b42..82871391aab 100644
--- a/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/common/StringUtils.java
+++ b/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/common/StringUtils.java
@@ -92,4 +92,21 @@ public static boolean isEmpty(String str) {
         return str == null || str.length() == 0;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sanitizes a string for safe inclusion in log messages by replacing
+     * newline ({@code \n}), carriage return ({@code \r}), and tab ({@code \t})
+     * characters with their printable escape sequences. This prevents
+     * log-injection attacks (CWE-117) where attacker-controlled input
+     * containing newlines could forge fake log entries.
+     *
+     * @param str the string to sanitize, may be null
+     * @return the sanitized string, or {@code null} if input is {@code null}
+     */
+    public static String sanitizeForLog(String str) {
+        if (str == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return str.replace("\n", "\\n").replace("\r", "\\r").replace("\t", "\\t");
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/server/auth/EnsembleAuthenticationProvider.java b/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/server/auth/EnsembleAuthenticationProvider.java
index 1e24c928353..ae8b5157f3d 100644
--- a/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/server/auth/EnsembleAuthenticationProvider.java
+++ b/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/server/auth/EnsembleAuthenticationProvider.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException;
+import org.apache.zookeeper.common.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.server.ServerCnxn;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.server.ServerMetrics;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ public KeeperException.Code handleAuthentication(ServerCnxn cnxn, byte[] authDat
         long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
         if (lastFailureLogged + MIN_LOGGING_INTERVAL_MS < currentTime) {
             String id = cnxn.getRemoteSocketAddress().getAddress().getHostAddress();
-            LOG.warn("Unexpected ensemble name: ensemble name: {} client ip: {}", receivedEnsembleName, id);
+            LOG.warn("Unexpected ensemble name: ensemble name: {} client ip: {}", StringUtils.sanitizeForLog(receivedEnsembleName), id);
             lastFailureLogged = currentTime;
         }
         /*
diff --git a/zookeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zookeeper/test/StringUtilTest.java b/zookeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zookeeper/test/StringUtilTest.java
index 35c70e095ea..3026557c2a4 100644
--- a/zookeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zookeeper/test/StringUtilTest.java
+++ b/zookeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zookeeper/test/StringUtilTest.java
@@ -69,4 +69,19 @@ public void testStringJoin() {
             StringUtils.joinStrings(Arrays.asList("a", "B", null, "d"), ","));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testSanitizeForLog() {
+        assertNull(StringUtils.sanitizeForLog(null));
+        assertEquals("normal-string", StringUtils.sanitizeForLog("normal-string"));
+        assertEquals("line1\\nline2", StringUtils.sanitizeForLog("line1\nline2"));
+        assertEquals("line1\\rline2", StringUtils.sanitizeForLog("line1\rline2"));
+        assertEquals("col1\\tcol2", StringUtils.sanitizeForLog("col1\tcol2"));
+        assertEquals("a\\r\\nb", StringUtils.sanitizeForLog("a\r\nb"));
+        // Verify a typical log-injection payload is neutralized
+        assertEquals(
+            "fake-cluster\\n2024-01-01 00:00:00 ERROR forged log line",
+            StringUtils.sanitizeForLog("fake-cluster\n2024-01-01 00:00:00 ERROR forged log line")
+        );
+    }
+
 }