CVE-2026-38972

HIGH 7.8

CVSS Score

7.8

EPSS Score

0.2%

EPSS Percentile

8th

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.

Vendor	n/a
Product	n/a
Published	Jul 2, 2026
Last Updated	Jul 6, 2026

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References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

github.com: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/pull/5606 github.com: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues/5605 github.com: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3