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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.1 Medium

CVE-2026-52886

Notepad++: session.xml backupFilePath starts_with Bypass

Description

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, Notepad++ validates the backupFilePath attribute from session.xml with std::wstring::starts_with against the expected backup directory without path normalization, allowing parent-directory sequences during snapshot-mode restoration to read an arbitrary user-readable file outside the backup directory into an editor tab. This issue is fixed in version 8.9.7.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

notepad-plus-plus notepad-plus-plus

  • < 8.9.7affected

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