Vulnerability · Published Sep 26, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-56383
High 8.4
In plain English
A high-severity uncontrolled search path in the affected software. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
Notepad++ v8.8.3 has a DLL hijacking vulnerability, which can replace the original DLL file to execute malicious code. NOTE: this is disputed by multiple parties because the behavior only occurs when a user installs the product into a directory tree that allows write access by arbitrary unprivileged users.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus
- https://github.com/zer0t0/CVE-2025-56383-Proof-of-Concept
- https://github.com/zer0t0/CVE-2025-56383-Proof-of-Concept/issues/1
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-56383-detect-notepad-vulnerability
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-56383-mitigate-notepad-vulnerability