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High · 7.8 CVE-2026-86054 EUVD-2026-84572

Notepad++: Stack Buffer Overflow in `NppParameters::writeSession` via overlong session path

Published Sep 22, 2026 · Updated Sep 28, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.8, Notepad++ contains a stack buffer overflow in NppParameters::writeSession in PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp because it copies a session path derived from -settingsDir= into backupPathName[MAX_PATH] with unbounded wcscpy and appends SESSION_BACKUP_EXT with unbounded wcscat. A sufficiently long settings directory causes the backup suffix to exceed the fixed stack buffer when Notepad++ saves the session, and the protected release build terminates through its stack canary, causing denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 8.9.8.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
notepad-plus-plus notepad-plus-plus < 8.9.8 —

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