Even Notepad Plus Plus Wants a Raise

Our reliable old friend Notepad++ has joined the vulnerability party with a string injection flaw that either crashes the application or spills its memory secrets to anyone who asks. Version 8.9.3 is the culprit here, showing that even the most basic tools for writing code can be used to break the very systems they help build. To avoid watching your text editor fall over, you will need to install the 8.9.4 update and hope that the next version does not develop its own existential crisis. It is quite impressive that we have reached a point where even a glorified digital notebook requires a rigorous patching schedule.