CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-38972
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-07-02
- Last modified
- 2026-07-08
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427
Description
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 configurations
• rizonesoft notepad3 (<= 6.25.822.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness
References
- https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3 Product
- https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues/5605 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/pull/5606 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues/5605 Exploit, Issue Tracking