CVE-2026-71858 Notepad++: shortcuts.xml Macro HMAC Bypass Enables Conditional Elevated Command Execution

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, macros loaded from an attacker-controlled shortcuts.xml bypass the HMAC validation applied to UserDefinedCommands and can invoke Scintilla actions and the internal Open in Default Viewer command in an elevated Notepad++...

CVE-2026-54758 Notepad++: Stack Buffer Overflow in expandNppEnvironmentStrs

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, the expandNppEnvironmentStrs function in PowerEditor/src/WinControls/StaticDialog/RunDlg/RunDlg.cpp copies a Notepad++ variable name between $ and into the fixed-size wchart strMAXPATH stack buffer without bounding the m loop...

CVE-2026-54758 Notepad++: Stack Buffer Overflow in expandNppEnvironmentStrs

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, the expandNppEnvironmentStrs function in PowerEditor/src/WinControls/StaticDialog/RunDlg/RunDlg.cpp copies a Notepad++ variable name between $ and into the fixed-size wchart strMAXPATH stack buffer without bounding the m loop...

EUVD-2026-60372

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, the expandNppEnvironmentStrs function in PowerEditor/src/WinControls/StaticDialog/RunDlg/RunDlg.cpp copies a Notepad++ variable name between $ and into the fixed-size wchart strMAXPATH stack buffer without bounding the m loop...

CVE-2026-54758

Notepad++ prior to 8.9.7 contains a stack buffer overflow in the expandNppEnvironmentStrs function (RunDlg.cpp). The function copies a variable name between $( ) into a fixed-size wchar_t str[MAX_PATH] buffer without bounding the loop index, so a name of 260 or more characters can corrupt adjacen...

CVE-2026-54758 Notepad++: Stack Buffer Overflow in expandNppEnvironmentStrs

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, the expandNppEnvironmentStrs function in PowerEditor/src/WinControls/StaticDialog/RunDlg/RunDlg.cpp copies a Notepad++ variable name between $ and into the fixed-size wchart strMAXPATH stack buffer without bounding the m loop...

CVE-2026-54758

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, the expandNppEnvironmentStrs function in PowerEditor/src/WinControls/StaticDialog/RunDlg/RunDlg.cpp copies a Notepad++ variable name between $ and into the fixed-size wchart strMAXPATH stack buffer without bounding the m loop...

PT-2026-76777

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, macros loaded from an attacker-controlled shortcuts.xml bypass the HMAC validation applied to UserDefinedCommands and can invoke Scintilla actions and the internal Open in Default Viewer command in an elevated Notepad++...

CVE-2026-57233: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, the WinGup decompress function joins untrusted ZIP entry names to unzipDestTo without canonical containment validation, allowing an entry such as ../mimeTools/mimeTools.dll to overwrite a DLL in a sibling plugin directory and...

CVE-2026-54758: Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, the expandNppEnvironmentStrs function in PowerEditor/src/WinControls/StaticDialog/RunDlg/RunDlg.cpp copies a Notepad++ variable name between $ and into the fixed-size wchart strMAXPATH stack buffer without bounding the m loop...

CVE-2026-71858: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, macros loaded from an attacker-controlled shortcuts.xml bypass the HMAC validation applied to UserDefinedCommands and can invoke Scintilla actions and the internal Open in Default Viewer command in an elevated Notepad++...

CVE-2026-52886: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, Notepad++ validates the backupFilePath attribute from session.xml with std::wstring::startswith against the expected backup directory without path normalization, allowing parent-directory sequences during snapshot-mode...

CVE-2026-73250

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, the Notepad++ Windows 11 x64 and ARM64 installer passes the attacker-influenced installation directory $INSTDIR from PowerEditor/installer/nppSetup.nsi into a PowerShell -Command string used by RegisterMSIX to invoke...

EUVD-2026-57017

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, the Notepad++ Windows 11 x64 and ARM64 installer passes the attacker-influenced installation directory $INSTDIR from PowerEditor/installer/nppSetup.nsi into a PowerShell -Command string used by RegisterMSIX to invoke...

CVE-2026-73250 Notepad++: Install-time PowerShell command injection through installation path

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, the Notepad++ Windows 11 x64 and ARM64 installer passes the attacker-influenced installation directory $INSTDIR from PowerEditor/installer/nppSetup.nsi into a PowerShell -Command string used by RegisterMSIX to invoke...

CVE-2026-73250

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, the Notepad++ Windows 11 x64 and ARM64 installer passes the attacker-influenced installation directory $INSTDIR from PowerEditor/installer/nppSetup.nsi into a PowerShell -Command string used by RegisterMSIX to invoke...

CVE-2026-73250 Notepad++: Install-time PowerShell command injection through installation path

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, the Notepad++ Windows 11 x64 and ARM64 installer passes the attacker-influenced installation directory $INSTDIR from PowerEditor/installer/nppSetup.nsi into a PowerShell -Command string used by RegisterMSIX to invoke...

CVE-2026-73250 Notepad++: Install-time PowerShell command injection through installation path

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, the Notepad++ Windows 11 x64 and ARM64 installer passes the attacker-influenced installation directory $INSTDIR from PowerEditor/installer/nppSetup.nsi into a PowerShell -Command string used by RegisterMSIX to invoke...

CVE-2026-73250

Notepad++ prior to 8.9.7 on Windows 11 x64/ARM64: the installer passes the attacker-controlled installation directory into a PowerShell -Command string used by RegisterMSIX to invoke Add-AppxPackage, enabling PowerShell subexpression syntax (e.g., $()) in the path to execute commands in the insta...

PT-2026-70941

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Notepad++ versions prior to 8.9.7 Description The Windows 11 x64 and ARM64 installer for this source code editor contains a command injection flaw. The installer passes the installation directory variable $INSTDIR from...