CVE-2026-57233
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.54% probability · 44th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/tag/v8.9.7
- https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/security/advisories/GHSA-hjxw-84rf-wg5r
- https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/wingup/commit/7670296a5c7fdec624e0a45dbde51059a7d735a8
- https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/wingup/pull/106
- https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/security/advisories/GHSA-hjxw-84rf-wg5r
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.