{"id":"CVE-2026-38972","details":"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.","modified":"2026-07-15T01:49:08.106049846Z","published":"2026-07-02T00:00:00Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"mitre","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/38xxx/CVE-2026-38972.json"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/38xxx/CVE-2026-38972.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-38972"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues/5605"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/pull/5606"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/rizonesoft/notepad3","events":[{"introduced":"9e2fa9f658491c950e6bb88d3873f91213df337d"},{"fixed":"9a2d829ddb0e371c4de4864b924573b5c871fdee"}],"database_specific":{"source":["DESCRIPTION","CPE_RANGE"],"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:rizonesoft:notepad3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"Notepad3"},{"fixed":"6.25.822.1"},{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"6.25.822.1"}]}}],"versions":["RELEASE_6.25.714.1","RELEASE_6.24.1221.1","RC3_6.24.309.1","RC2_6.24.109.1","RC_6.23.712.1","RELEASE_6.23.203.2","RC_5.22.1119.1","RELEASE_5.21.1129.1","RC_5.21.1109.1","RELEASE_5.21.905.1","RELEASE_5.21.227.1","RC_5.21.207.1","RC_5.20.829.2","RELEASE_5.20.722.1","RC2_5.20.218.2","RC_5.20.218.2","RELEASE_5.19.815.2595","RC_5.19.726.2515","RC_5.19.528.2228","RELEASE_5.19.108.1602","RC_5.18.1106.1432","RC_5.18.1003.1309","RELEASE_4.18.512.992","RC_4.18.507.981","RC_3.18.422.952"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-38972.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}