CVE-2026-34401
XML Notepad: XML External Entity (XXE) Injection via Unsafe XmlTextReader in XML Diff and Schema Loading
Vexday Risk Score
13Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 6.5EPSS 1.0%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
31 Mar 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
XML Notepad is a Windows program that provides a simple intuitive User Interface for browsing and editing XML documents. Prior to version 2.9.0.21, XML Notepad does not disable DTD processing by default which means external entities are resolved automatically. There is a well known attack related to malicious DTD files where an attacker to craft a malicious XML file that loads a DTD that causes XML Notepad to make outbound HTTP/SMB requests, potentially leaking local file contents or capturing the victim's NTLM credentials. This issue has been patched in version 2.9.0.21.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
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https://github.com/microsoft/XmlNotepad/commit/3665603d61ba10b7827a3724e854748cb780140chttps://github.com/microsoft/XmlNotepad/commit/c03ab2311ac6960452eb1ab49098768f851dcc53https://github.com/microsoft/XmlNotepad/releases/tag/2.9.0.21https://github.com/microsoft/XmlNotepad/security/advisories/GHSA-5j32-486h-42ch