WID-SEC-W-2026-1696

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Notepad++: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Codeausführung

view advisory published 2026-05-27

Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Notepad++ ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.

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CVE-2026-52884US——
Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. In v8.9.6.1, isInTrustedDirectory() does NOT canonicalize the path before checking. It uses a prefix-based check (PathIsPref…
CVE-2026-48800US—Exploit
Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.6.1, the <Command> tag text content inside <UserDefinedCommands> in shortcuts.xml is read by NppXml::value(aNod…
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