CVE-2026-38972
Notepad3 through 6.25.822.1 contains a DLL search-order hijacking vulnerability in the About-dialog code path in src/Notepad3.c. The application calls LoadLibrary(L"MSFTEDIT.DLL") with a bare DLL name, which allows a local attacker to place a malicious MSFTEDIT.DLL in the application directory or another preferred DLL search location and achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the user when the About dialog is opened.
- Affected products
- Notepad3
- Rizonesoft notepad3
- ≤ 6.25.822.1
- Fix
- Available
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGH
- EPSS
- 0.2% (8th percentile)
- Weakness
- CWE-427
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-07-02
CVE-2026-38972 at NVD
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