Summary
Notepad++ when using the WinGUp updater, contains a download of code without integrity check vulnerability that could allow an attacker to intercept or redirect update traffic to download and execute an attacker-controlled installer. This could lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user.
- Vendor
- Notepad++
- Product
- Notepad++
- Added to KEV
- Feb 12, 2026
- Remediation due
- Mar 5, 2026 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-494
- EPSS
- 1.7% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References