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CVE-2026-48778

OS Command Injection: is CVE-2026-48778real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community verdict.

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CISA KEV
Base severity
7.8 High
CVSS
Exploitation prob.
n/a
FIRST EPSS
Weakness
CWE-78 · OS Command Injection
CWE

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

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.6.1, the <GUIConfig name="commandLineInterpreter"> tag in config.xml is read by NppXml::value() (Parameters.cpp:6430) and stored in _nppGUI._commandLineInterpreter without any validation, whitelist, or digital signature check. When the user triggers IDM_FILE_OPEN_CMD (File → Open Containing Folder → cmd), NppCommands.cpp:228 creates a Command object with this value and calls run(), which invokes ShellExecute (RunDlg.cpp:221) with the attacker-controlled string as the executable path. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.9.6.1.

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    Same weakness: CWE-78 · OS Command Injection.