CVE-2023-6401

7.8 highEPSS 0.3%

High (7.8) in notepad-plus-plus notepad\+\+. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in NotePad++ up to 8.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file dbghelp.exe. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. An attack has to be approached locally. The identifier VDB-246421 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 26% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-427
Published: 2023-11-30
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

notepad-plus-plus:notepad\+\+

References

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.246421
https://vuldb.com/?id.246421
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.246421
https://vuldb.com/?id.246421

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