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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2026-86056 EUVD-2026-84574

Notepad++: Null pointer dereference in NPPM_SAVESESSION message handler causes crash (DoS)

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

Description

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.8, the NPPM_SAVESESSION handler in PowerEditor/src/NppBigSwitch.cpp converts lParam to a sessionInfo pointer and dereferences its nbFile, files, and sessionFilePathName members without checking for null. A process running at the same or a higher Windows integrity level on the same desktop can send NPPM_SAVESESSION with a null lParam, immediately terminating Notepad++ and causing denial of service and loss of unsaved documents. 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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