CVE-2026-85288

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-85288
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-85288.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-85288
Aliases
  • GHSA-759j-g8j4-867p
Published
2026-09-22T17:11:47Z
Modified
2026-09-25T08:24:13Z
Severity
  • 6.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Notepad++: Shortcuts.xml macro HMAC bypass still reachable via the "Run a Macro Multiple Times" dialog
Details

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.8, Notepad++ incompletely enforces shortcuts.xml HMAC validation because WM_MACRODLGRUNMACRO, the Run a Macro Multiple Times entry point, calls macroPlayback() without the validation used by command(). A tampered shortcuts.xml macro that is blocked through the Macro menu or a shortcut key can therefore execute through the multi-run dialog and invoke internal Notepad++ commands, including commands that launch external programs, in the current user context. This issue is fixed in version 8.9.8.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-345",
        "CWE-693",
        "CWE-78"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/85xxx/CVE-2026-85288.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
Fixed
Database specific
Show details
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "8.9.8"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

7.*
7.2.2
7.3.1
v5.*
v5.4.2
v5.4.3
v5.4.4
v5.4.5
v5.5
v5.5.1
v5.6
v5.6.1
v5.6.2
v5.6.3
v5.6.4
v5.6.5
v5.6.6
v5.6.7
v5.6.8
v5.7
v5.8
v5.8.1
v5.8.2
v5.8.3
v5.8.4
v5.8.5
v5.8.6
v5.8.7
v5.9
v5.9.1
v5.9.2
v5.9.3
v5.9.4
v5.9.5
v5.9.6
v5.9.6.1
v5.9.6.2
v5.9.7
v5.9.8
Other
v6
v7
v8
v6.*
v6.1
v6.1.1
v6.1.2
v6.1.3
v6.1.4
v6.1.5
v6.1.6
v6.1.7
v6.1.8
v6.2
v6.2.1
v6.2.2
v6.2.3_-_End_of_World_Edition
v6.3
v6.3.1
v6.3.2
v6.3.3
v6.4
v6.4.1
v6.4.2
v6.4.3
v6.4.4
v6.4.5
v6.5
v6.5.1
v6.5.2
v6.5.3
v6.5.4
v6.5.5
v6.6
v6.6.1
v6.6.2
v6.6.3
v6.6.4
v6.6.6_-_Friday_the_13th_edition
v6.6.7
v6.6.8
v6.6.9
v6.7
v6.7.1
v6.7.2
v6.7.3
v6.7.4_-_Je_suis_Charlie_edition
v6.7.5
v6.7.7
v6.7.8
v6.7.8.1
v6.7.8.2
v6.7.9
v6.7.9.1
v6.7.9.2
v6.8
v6.8.1
v6.8.2
v6.8.3
v6.8.4
v6.8.5
v6.8.6
v6.8.7
v6.8.8
v6.8.9
v6.9
v6.9.1
v6.9.2
v7.*
v7.1
v7.2
v7.2.1
v7.2.2
v7.3
v7.3.1
v7.3.2
v7.3.3
v7.4
v7.4.1
v7.4.2
v7.5.1
v7.5.2
v7.5.3
v7.5.4
v7.5.5
v7.5.6
v7.5.7
v7.5.8
v7.5.9
v7.6
v7.6.1
v7.6.2
v7.6.3
v7.6.4
v7.6.5
v7.6.6
v7.7
v7.7.1
v7.8
v7.8.1
v7.8.2
v7.8.3
v7.8.4
v7.8.5
v7.8.6
v7.8.7
v7.8.8
v7.8.9
v7.9
v7.9.1
v7.9.2
v7.9.3
v7.9.4
v7.9.5
v8.*
v8.1
v8.1.1
v8.1.2
v8.1.3
v8.1.4
v8.1.5
v8.1.6
v8.1.7
v8.1.8
v8.1.9
v8.1.9.1
v8.1.9.2
v8.1.9.3
v8.2
v8.2.1
v8.3
v8.3.1
v8.3.2
v8.3.3
v8.4
v8.4.1
v8.4.2
v8.4.3
v8.4.4
v8.4.5
v8.4.6
v8.4.7
v8.4.8
v8.4.9
v8.5
v8.5.1
v8.5.2
v8.5.3
v8.5.4
v8.5.5
v8.5.6
v8.5.7
v8.5.8
v8.6
v8.6.1
v8.6.2
v8.6.3
v8.6.4
v8.6.5
v8.6.6
v8.6.7
v8.6.8
v8.6.9
v8.7
v8.7.1
v8.7.2
v8.7.3
v8.7.4
v8.7.5
v8.7.6
v8.7.7
v8.7.8
v8.7.9
v8.8
v8.8.1
v8.8.2
v8.8.3
v8.8.4
v8.8.5
v8.8.6
v8.8.7
v8.8.8
v8.8.9
v8.9
v8.9.1
v8.9.2
v8.9.3
v8.9.4
v8.9.5
v8.9.6
v8.9.6.1
v8.9.6.2
v8.9.6.4
v8.9.7

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-85288.json"
vanir_signatures
[
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        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
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            "length":  90457
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2026-85288-65d4bd72",
        "signature_type":  "Function",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/4cd74cb9347b9c6caaab17d999e24fc9ed228ff7",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "PowerEditor/src/NppBigSwitch.cpp",
            "function":  "Notepad_plus::process"
        }
    },
    {
        "deprecated":  false,
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            ],
            "threshold":  0.9
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2026-85288-cde13075",
        "signature_type":  "Line",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/4cd74cb9347b9c6caaab17d999e24fc9ed228ff7",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "PowerEditor/src/NppBigSwitch.cpp"
        }
    }
]
vanir_signatures_modified
"2026-09-25T08:24:13Z"