Vulnerability in Notepad++

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-3008
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerCSA
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-04-27 07:16:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-27 10:16:09 UTC
DescriptionSuccessful exploitation of the string injection vulnerability could allow an attacker to obtain memory address information or crash the application.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.6 MEDIUM from 5f57b9bf-260d-4433-bf07-b6a79e9bb7d4

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.15f57b9bf-260d-4433-bf07-b6a79e9bb7d4Secondary6.6MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
3.1CNACVSS6.6MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Notepad Notepad affected 8.9.3 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/27500/notepad-v8-9-4-release-candidate 5f57b9bf-260d-4433-bf07-b6a79e9bb7d4 community.notepad-plus-plus.org
llgsjsm.github.io/cve-2026-3008 5f57b9bf-260d-4433-bf07-b6a79e9bb7d4 llgsjsm.github.io
github.com/llgsjsm/cve-2026-3008 5f57b9bf-260d-4433-bf07-b6a79e9bb7d4 github.com
github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17960 5f57b9bf-260d-4433-bf07-b6a79e9bb7d4 github.com
www.csa.gov.sg/alerts-and-advisories/alerts/al-2026-044 5f57b9bf-260d-4433-bf07-b6a79e9bb7d4 www.csa.gov.sg
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: Users and administrators of the affected product version are advised to update to the latest version 8.9.4 immediately.

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