HIGHCVE-2026-42214Published Modified CNA GitHub_M
CVE-2026-42214: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in dail8859/NotepadNext
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.
Metrics
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.8
- Severity
- HIGH
- Fixed in
- —
- Affected Products
- 1
Affected packages
- dail8859 / NotepadNext< 0.14
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H