CVE-2026-42214 (GCVE-0-2026-42214)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-07 18:14 – Updated: 2026-05-09 03:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-08 00:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext/security/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext/commit/f3… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext/releases/… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dail8859 | NotepadNext |
Affected:
< 0.14
|
guessed |
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