CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2026-6539
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.4
EPSS
0.19%
Original NVD Description
Notepad++ 8.9.3 contains a format string injection vulnerability in the Find Results panel handler that allows attackers to cause denial of service and information disclosure by crafting a malicious nativeLang.xml language pack file. Attackers can distribute a poisoned language pack through community channels that triggers format string interpretation when a user performs search operations, leading to access violations and potential leakage of stack or register contents.
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