v3s9er/CVE-2026-52886

PoC

Notepad++ CVE-2026-52886 — session.xml backupFilePath starts_with() path traversal (GHSA-rqfm-pw34-r7j6)

view exploit source poc_in_githubauthor v3s9erpublished 2026-08-06catalog poc_in_github

exploited CVEs (1)

Known CVEs related to this entry.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2026-52886US	—	0.17% (6th)	Exploit	2026-08-17
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::starts_with against the…

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