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Notepad++ v8.9.3 Released Addressing cURL Security Vulnerability and Crash Issues

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STIX ID: report--3f00e684-751a-584a-a2c3-0927320cee2c

Feed Name: cybersecurityNews.com

Threat Score
30/100

Date Published: 2026-03-31

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Guru Baran

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Notepad++ v8.9.3 release addresses multiple security and stability issues: the WinGUp auto-updater embeds an updated cURL (mitigating CVE-2025-14819), a regression that caused permanent administrative privileges after plugin operations has been fixed, and MITM/proxy-related update failures are resolved; the release also finalizes migration to pugixml, updates Scintilla and Lexilla, and includes various crash, memory-leak, and usability fixes, plus controls for disabling auto-updates in enterprise deployments.

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