Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, the expandNppEnvironmentStrs function in PowerEditor/src/WinControls/StaticDialog/RunDlg/RunDlg.cpp copies a Notepad++ variable name between $( and ) into the fixed-size wchar_t str[MAX_PATH] stack buffer without bounding the m loop index, allowing a name of 260 or more characters to corrupt adjacent stack data, terminate the process through __report_gsfailure, and potentially execute code. This issue is fixed in version 8.9.7.
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Description Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.7, the expandNppEnvironmentStrs function in PowerEditor/src/WinControls/StaticDialog/RunDlg/RunDlg.cpp copies a Notepad++ variable name between $( and ) into the fixed-size wchar_t str[MAX_PATH] stack buffer without bounding the m loop index, allowing a name of 260 or more characters to corrupt adjacent stack data, terminate the process through __report_gsfailure, and potentially execute code. This issue is fixed in version 8.9.7.
Title Notepad++: Stack Buffer Overflow in expandNppEnvironmentStrs
Weaknesses CWE-121
CWE-787
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-17T22:01:11.798Z

Reserved: 2026-06-15T23:12:41.965Z

Link: CVE-2026-54758

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-17T21:59:15.614Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-17T20:16:44.323

Modified: 2026-08-17T22:17:14.687

Link: CVE-2026-54758

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-17T22:15:04Z