Out-of-bounds Read Affecting notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus package, versions [,8.9.6.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NOTEPADPLUSPLUSNOTEPADPLUSPLUS-17660822
  • published28 Jun 2026
  • disclosed26 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-48770  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus to version 8.9.6.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read via the WM_COPYDATA message handler when processing the COPYDATA_FULL_CMDLINE path. An attacker can cause the application to crash by sending a specially crafted message from a local process in the same interactive Windows session.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1