🛡️ CVE-2022-32168 — notepad\+\+

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-427 NVD
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Description

Notepad++ versions 8.4.1 and before are vulnerable to DLL hijacking where an attacker can replace the vulnerable dll (UxTheme.dll) with his own dll and run arbitrary code in the context of Notepad++.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-32168 is classified as CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element. A writable directory appears in a search path, so a planted file can be loaded in place of the intended one.

Affected software

CVE-2022-32168 is recorded against 1 package.

  • notepad\+\+ (from 8.3 up to 8.4.5)

Timeline and source

Published on 28 September 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
www.mend.io
github.com
www.mend.io

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-427
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-09-28
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
notepad\+\+ 8.3 8.4.5

Exploit Protection

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