CVE-2025-49144

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 50.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-06-23 19:01Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-02-26 17:50Z8 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-06-02

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.3)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-272Least Privilege ViolationBase
• CWE-276Incorrect Default PermissionsBase
• CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

6847aa1abbad93ce68eef030733763e42c29ec6be1057c49f54f7653ff117fad

• github.comhttps://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/security/advisories/GHSA-9vx8-v79m-6m24x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/f2346ea00d5b4d907ed39d8726b38d77c8198f30x_refsource_MISC
• drive.google.comhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11yeUSWgqHvt4Bz5jO3ilRRfcpQZ6Gvpnx_refsource_MISC
• www.vicarius.iohttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-49144-detect-notepad-vulnerability
• www.vicarius.iohttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-49144-mitigate-notepad-vulnerability
• www.vicarius.iohttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-49144-detect-notepad-vulnerability-1
• www.vicarius.iohttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-49144-mitigate-notepad-vulnerability-1