{"id":"CVE-2025-56383","details":"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.","modified":"2026-03-15T22:52:16.869191Z","published":"2025-09-26T18:15:36.490Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-56383-detect-notepad-vulnerability"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-56383-mitigate-notepad-vulnerability"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/zer0t0/CVE-2025-56383-Proof-of-Concept/issues/1"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/zer0t0/CVE-2025-56383-Proof-of-Concept"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-56383.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}