CVE-2026-71858

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

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-2026-57233

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

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-2026-57233

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-2026-57233 Notepad++: Path Traversal (Zip Slip) in WinGup Plugin Extraction

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-2026-57233 Notepad++: Path Traversal (Zip Slip) in WinGup Plugin Extraction

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-2026-57233

In Notepad++ prior to 8.9.7, the WinGup decompress function joins untrusted ZIP entry names to the extraction destination without canonical containment validation, enabling a Zip Slip attack. A crafted entry like ../mimeTools/mimeTools.dll overwrites a sibling plugin DLL, achieving arbitrary code...

CVE-2026-52886

Notepad++ versions before 8.9.7 use std::wstring::starts_with to validate the backupFilePath attribute in session.xml during snapshot-mode restoration without path normalization, allowing .. sequences to read arbitrary user-readable files outside the backup directory into an editor tab. CVSS 5.1 ...

CVE-2026-52886 Notepad++: session.xml backupFilePath starts_with Bypass

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-2026-52886

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-2026-52886 Notepad++: session.xml backupFilePath starts_with Bypass

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-2026-71858

Notepad++ prior to 8.9.7 is vulnerable to an HMAC bypass in its macro system. Macros loaded from an attacker-controlled shortcuts.xml bypass the HMAC validation normally applied to UserDefinedCommands, allowing invocation of Scintilla actions and the internal Open in Default Viewer command within...

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-2026-71858

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-2026-71858 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++...

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++: 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...