CVE-2026-38972

Notepad3 versions up to 6.25.822.1 are vulnerable to a DLL search-order hijack in the About-dialog code path (src/Notepad3.c). The application loads MSFTEDIT.DLL via LoadLibrary with a bare DLL name, enabling a local attacker to place a malicious MSFTEDIT.DLL in the application directory or anoth...