diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/syslog_exception.yml b/changelogs/fragments/syslog_exception.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc47ca6cb97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/syslog_exception.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+- syslog - Handle ValueError exception raised when sending Null Characters to syslog with Python 3.12.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
index a4d28c267df..eca66085f3e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
                 facility = getattr(syslog, self._syslog_facility, syslog.LOG_USER)
                 syslog.openlog(str(module), 0, facility)
                 syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, msg)
-            except TypeError as e:
+            except (TypeError, ValueError) as e:
                 self.fail_json(
                     msg='Failed to log to syslog (%s). To proceed anyway, '
                         'disable syslog logging by setting no_target_syslog '