Description
Notepad++ v8.8.3 has a DLL hijacking vulnerability, which can replace the original DLL file to execute malicious code. NOTE: this is disputed by multiple parties because the behavior only occurs when a user installs the product into a directory tree that allows write access by arbitrary unprivileged users.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus ↗
- https://github.com/zer0t0/CVE-2025-56383-Proof-of-Concept ↗
- https://github.com/zer0t0/CVE-2025-56383-Proof-of-Concept/issues/1 ↗
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-56383-detect-notepad-vulnerability ↗
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-56383-mitigate-notepad-vulnerability ↗