Notepad++ Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2025-49144)
Service Advisory A recently discovered Notepad++ vulnerability (CVE-2025-49144) allows attackers to gain system-level privileges. Severity level: CVSS Score: 7.3/High Description: Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Notepad++ v8.8.1 installer that allows unprivileged users to gain SYSTEM-level privileges through insecure executable search paths. An […]