CVE-2026-85288

mediumpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.001 · 3 %ileDE
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.14% (3rd) EPSS
CVSS 6.7 · medium
Is it mine?
2 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
1 sources
cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.8, Notepad++ incompletely enforces shortcuts.xml HMAC validation because WM_MACRODLGRUNMACRO, the Run a Macro Multiple Times entry point, calls macroPlayback() without the validation used by command(). A tampered shortcuts.xml macro that is blocked through the Macro menu or a shortcut key can therefore execute through the multi-run dialog and invoke internal Notepad++ commands, including commands that launch external programs, in the current user context. This issue is fixed in version 8.9.8.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.7
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9
v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-345USCWE-693USCWE-78US
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affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2026-2968Notepad++: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-08-23csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Notepad++ ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Windows-Authentifizierungsdaten offenzulegen, Dateien zu löschen oder zu manipulieren, beliebigen Code auszuführen oder Denial-of-Service-Zustände herbeizuführen.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cert_bundNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-09-22modified 2026-09-26
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references (4) nvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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