GHSA-gmg7-w8wv-j7v2HighCVSS 7.8

Notepad3 through 6.25.822.1 contains a DLL search-order hijacking vulnerability in the About...

Published
July 2, 2026
Last Modified
July 6, 2026

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📋 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.

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