{
  "affected": [
    {}
  ],
  "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.",
  "id": "CVE-2025-56383",
  "modified": "2026-03-15T21:46:43.604080137Z",
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}