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CVE-2026-38972

High · 7.8

CVSS

7.8

EPSS

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Published

Jul 2, 2026

CISA due date

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The record

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 packages

Ecosystem Package Introduced Fixed

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