CVE-2026-3008

Successful exploitation of the string injection vulnerability could allow an attacker to obtain memory address information or crash the application.

CVSS v3 6.6 MEDIUM

6.6^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 4.7

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/27500/notepad-v8-9-4-release-candidate
https://github.com/llgsjsm/cve-2026-3008
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17960
https://llgsjsm.github.io/cve-2026-3008/
https://www.csa.gov.sg/alerts-and-advisories/alerts/al-2026-044/
https://github.com/llgsjsm/cve-2026-3008

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-04-27 07:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:42

NVD link : CVE-2026-3008

Mitre link : CVE-2026-3008

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-3008

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-134

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

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