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CVE-2026-6539

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.4 Published: 2026-04-30 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

Notepad++ 8.9.3 contains a format string injection vulnerability in the Find Results panel handler that allows attackers to cause denial of service and information disclosure by crafting a malicious nativeLang.xml language pack file. Attackers can distribute a poisoned language pack through community channels that triggers format string interpretation when a user performs search operations, leading to access violations and potential leakage of stack or register contents.

Affected Platforms

Notepad-Plus-Plus Notepad\+\+

Weakness Type

CWE-134

References