{"id":"CVE-2026-85288","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-85288","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:58:47.995Z","title":"A tampered shortcuts.xml macro that is blocked through the Macro menu or a shortcut key can therefore execute through the multi-run dialog and invoke internal Notepad++ commands, including commands that launch external programs, in the current user…","description":"Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.8, Notepad++ incompletely enforces shortcuts.xml HMAC validation because WM_MACRODLGRUNMACRO, the Run a Macro Multiple Times entry point, calls macroPlayback() without the validation used by command(). A tampered shortcuts.xml macro that is blocked through the Macro menu or a shortcut key can therefore execute through the multi-run dialog and invoke internal Notepad++ commands, including commands that launch external programs, in the current user context. This issue is fixed in version 8.9.8.","published":"2026-09-22T18:17:23.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-26T00:16:37.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.7,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78","CWE-345","CWE-693"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00136,"percentile":0.02983,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-23","score":0.00121,"percentile":0.0219}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-09-22T18:17:23.000Z","detail":{"score":"6.7","severity":"MEDIUM","publishedAt":"2026-09-22T18:17:23.373Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 6.7)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/4cd74cb9347b9c6caaab17d999e24fc9ed228ff7","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/tag/v8.9.8","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/security/advisories/GHSA-759j-g8j4-867p","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v898-released","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/security/advisories/GHSA-759j-g8j4-867p","source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85288","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}