{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49144 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-49144 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-49144 is a high-severity vulnerability in notepad-plus-plus, published on 23 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-49144 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-49144 is a high-severity vulnerability in notepad-plus-plus, published on 23 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49144 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: notepad-plus-plus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49144/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49144/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-49144","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49144/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-49144","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-9vx8-v79m-6m24"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Notepad++ text editor","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Unprivileged users can gain SYSTEM privileges by tricking victims into running the Notepad++ installer from a directory containing a malicious executable.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.3,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-427","name":"Uncontrolled Search Path Element"},{"id":"CWE-276","name":"Incorrect Default Permissions"},{"id":"CWE-272","name":"Least Privilege Violation"}],"description":"Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. In versions 8.8.1 and prior, a privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Notepad++ v8.8.1 installer that allows unprivileged users to gain SYSTEM-level privileges through insecure executable search paths. An attacker could use social engineering or clickjacking to trick users into downloading both the legitimate installer and a malicious executable to the same directory (typically Downloads folder - which is known as Vulnerable directory). Upon running the installer, the attack executes automatically with SYSTEM privileges. This issue has been fixed and will be released in version 8.8.2.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2025-06-24","github_poc":8,"max_poc_stars":89,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2025-06-25T19:23:57Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/TheTorjanCaptain/CVE-2025-49144_PoC","stars":89,"title":"CVE-2025-49144 PoC for security researchers to test and try."},{"date":"2025-06-29T00:11:25Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/b0ySie7e/Notepad-8.8.1_CVE-2025-49144","stars":7,"title":"Proof of Concept (PoC) that exploits the CVE-2025-49144 vulnerability in the Notepad++ 8.8.1 installer. "},{"date":"2025-06-24T16:01:42Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/Vr00mm/CVE-2025-49144","stars":6,"title":"PoC CVE-2025-49144 "},{"date":"2025-06-26T18:17:23Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/assad12341/notepad-v8.8.1-LPE-CVE-","stars":0,"title":"CVE-2025-49144 * Notepad++ v8.8.1 * SYSTEM-level POC"},{"date":"2025-07-02T04:03:48Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/timsonner/CVE-2025-49144-Research","stars":0,"title":null},{"date":"2025-07-02T17:44:04Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/GiZcesi/HJregsvr32","stars":0,"title":"Educational PoC for CVE-2025-49144 (regsvr32 LOLBIN) — authorized lab use only"},{"date":"2025-09-17T12:51:29Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/onniio/CVE-2025-49144","stars":0,"title":null},{"date":"2025-11-04T07:19:57Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/havertz2110/CVE-2025-49144-PoC","stars":0,"title":"This is my reproduce PoC for CVE-2025-49144"}],"tier":"poc_unverified"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Notepad++ Privilege Escalation in Installer via Uncontrolled Executable Search Path","id":"CVE-2025-49144","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"iTop admin can drop iTop database using webhooks","id":"CVE-2025-49145"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Nautobot may allows uploaded media files to be accessible without authentication","id":"CVE-2025-49143"},"products":["notepad-plus-plus"],"published":"2025-06-23","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-02-26","vendors":["notepad-plus-plus"]},"summary":"Unprivileged users can gain SYSTEM privileges by tricking victims into running the Notepad++ installer from a directory containing a malicious executable.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49144/"}