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Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Nov 30, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-6401

CVE-2023-6401

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in NotePad++ up to 8.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file dbghelp.exe. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. An attack has to be approached locally. The identifier VDB-246421 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products

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  • Notepad Plus Plus/Notepad Plus Plus2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:notepad-plus-plus:notepad\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:notepad-plus-plus:notepad\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=8.1
    • (no CPE)range: <=8.1
  • NotePad++/NotePad++description

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