CVE-2026-57233
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.
Published:Aug 17, 2026
Last Modified:Aug 24, 2026
EPS:Aug 17, 2026
EPSS Score:0.0048
CVSS Score:8.1
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Notepad-plus-plus
Product
Notepad++
Notepad-plus-plus
Notepad++
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
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Integrity
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Availability
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High
