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CVE

CVE-2026-25926

Notepad++ has an Untrusted Search Path
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CVE

CVE-2026-25926

Notepad++ has an Untrusted Search Path

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. An Unsafe Search Path vulnerability (CWE-426) exists in versions prior to 8.9.2 when launching Windows Explorer without an absolute executable path. This may allow execution of a malicious explorer.exe if an attacker can control the process working directory. Under certain conditions, this could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the running application. Version 8.9.2 patches the issue.

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
7.3
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
0
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
-

Related Resources

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References

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/tag/v8.9.2, https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v892-released, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/25xxx/CVE-2026-25926.json, https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/security/advisories/GHSA-rjvm-fcxw-2jxq, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25926

Severity

7.3

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Ecosystem
Base CVSS
7.3
EPSS Probability
0.00017%
EPSS Percentile
0.04236%
Introduced Version
0
Fix Available
53cb350ea0fc09feaf0fbf5a1c0466f288f91ff9

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