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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