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 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-08-17T20:05:51.923Z
Reserved: 2026-06-15T23:12:41.965Z
Link: CVE-2026-54758
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-17T20:16:44.323
Modified: 2026-08-17T20:16:44.323
Link: CVE-2026-54758
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