CVE-2026-25926 — Notepad++ has an Untrusted Search Path
Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. An Unsafe Search Path vulnerability (CWE-426) exists in versions prior to 8.9.2 when launching Windows Explorer without a…
Published: 2026-02-18 · CVSS: 7.3 · CVSS 3.1
Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. An Unsafe Search Path vulnerability (CWE-426) exists in versions prior to 8.9.2 when launching Windows Explorer without an absolute executable path. This may allow execution of a malicious explorer.exe if an attacker can control the process working directory. Under certain conditions, this could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the running application. Version 8.9.2 patches the issue.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7