CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-25926
7.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-02-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• notepad-plus-plus notepad\+\+ (< 8.9.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness
References
- https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/tag/v8.9.2 Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/security/advisories/GHSA-rjvm-fcxw-2jxq Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v892-released Press/Media Coverage