# CEF integration gives error if it encounters non-UTF-8 valuestion

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cef-integration-gives-error-if-it-encounters-non-utf-8-valuestion/377193>\
**Category:** SIEM\
**Created:** [April 16, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cef-integration-gives-error-if-it-encounters-non-utf-8-valuestion/377193 "2025-04-16T12:41:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cristina\_Marletta\_Li](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cristina_marletta_li/32/137793_2.png) [@Cristina\_Marletta\_Li](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cristina_Marletta_Li)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cef-integration-gives-error-if-it-encounters-non-utf-8-valuestion/377193/1 "2025-04-16T12:41:02Z")

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Hi,  
CEF integration gives error if it encounters non-UTF-8 values. What alternatives do I have? Change the integration type? How can I at least prevent the error.message field from being populated when there are non-UTF-8 characters in the key=value pair values?

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Regards  
Cristina

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cef-integration-gives-error-if-it-encounters-non-utf-8-valuestion/377193/2 "2025-05-14T12:41:12Z")

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