{"cve":"CVE-2025-56383","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-26T18:15:36.490","modified":"2026-06-17T09:42:32.840","status":"Deferred","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.4},"cwes":["CWE-427"],"references":["https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus","https://github.com/zer0t0/CVE-2025-56383-Proof-of-Concept","https://github.com/zer0t0/CVE-2025-56383-Proof-of-Concept/issues/1","https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-56383-detect-notepad-vulnerability","https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-56383-mitigate-notepad-vulnerability"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:10:08.713834912+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-56383","score":0.00381,"percentile":0.32124,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}