CVE-2026-3008 (GCVE-0-2026-3008)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-27 06:04 – Updated: 2026-04-27 13:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Vulnerability in Notepad++
Summary
Successful exploitation of the
string injection vulnerability could allow an attacker to obtain memory address
information or crash the application.
Severity
6.6 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-27 13:09 UTC
CWE
- CWE-134 - Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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