CVE-2026-42214 (GCVE-0-2026-42214)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-07 18:14 – Updated: 2026-05-09 03:55
VLAI
Title
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in dail8859/NotepadNext
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
dail8859 NotepadNext Affected: < 0.14
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