High severity8.4NVD Advisory· Published Sep 26, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2025-56383
CVE-2025-56383
Description
Notepad++ v8.8.3 has a DLL hijacking vulnerability, which can replace the original DLL file to execute malicious code. NOTE: this is disputed by multiple parties because the behavior only occurs when a user installs the product into a directory tree that allows write access by arbitrary unprivileged users.
Affected products
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