CVE-2026-52886 — Notepad++: session.xml backupFilePath starts_with Bypass
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 …
Published: 2026-08-17 · CVSS: 5.1 · CVSS 4.0
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7