CVE-2026-57233
8.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Summary
Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, the WinGup decompress function joins untrusted ZIP entry names to unzipDestTo without canonical containment validation, allowing an entry such as ../mimeTools/mimeTools.dll to overwrite a DLL in a sibling plugin directory and execute attacker-controlled code when Notepad++ next loads that plugin. This issue is fixed in version 8.9.7.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| notepad-plus-plus | notepad-plus-plus | < 8.9.7 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
References
- https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/security/advisories/GHSA-hjxw-84rf-wg5r
- https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/wingup/pull/106
- https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/wingup/commit/7670296a5c7fdec624e0a45dbde51059a7d735a8
- https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/tag/v8.9.7
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