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CVE-2026-42214

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 41/100
Published: 2026-05-07 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Auth Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: Required
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

Notepad Next is a cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++. Prior to version 0.14, NotepadNext's detectLanguageFromExtension() function interpolates a file's extension directly into a Lua script without sanitization. An attacker can craft a filename whose extension contains Lua code, which executes automatically when the victim opens the file in NotepadNext. Because luaL_openlibs() is called unconditionally, the full os, io, and package libraries are available to the injected code, enabling arbitrary command execution. This issue has been patched in version 0.14.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
dail8859 notepad_next < 0.14

References & Advisories (3)

Bug Bounty Relevance

41 / 100
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.24%
Raw Score 0.002420
Percentile 15.4%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00242
2026-10-28
0.00242

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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