diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-01-28-20-54-09.bpo-39401.he7h_A.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-01-28-20-54-09.bpo-39401.he7h_A.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5071e126b70d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-01-28-20-54-09.bpo-39401.he7h_A.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Avoid unsafe load of ``api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll`` at startup on Windows 7.
diff --git a/PC/getpathp.c b/PC/getpathp.c
index 04f24d986f667c..3747ffb2d89f09 100644
--- a/PC/getpathp.c
+++ b/PC/getpathp.c
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ static void
join(wchar_t *buffer, const wchar_t *stuff)
{
if (_PathCchCombineEx_Initialized == 0) {
- HMODULE pathapi = LoadLibraryW(L"api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll");
+ HMODULE pathapi = LoadLibraryExW(L"api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll", NULL,
+ LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32);
if (pathapi) {
_PathCchCombineEx = (PPathCchCombineEx)GetProcAddress(pathapi, "PathCchCombineEx");
}
@@ -287,7 +288,8 @@ canonicalize(wchar_t *buffer, const wchar_t *path)
}
if (_PathCchCanonicalizeEx_Initialized == 0) {
- HMODULE pathapi = LoadLibraryW(L"api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll");
+ HMODULE pathapi = LoadLibraryExW(L"api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll", NULL,
+ LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32);
if (pathapi) {
_PathCchCanonicalizeEx = (PPathCchCanonicalizeEx)GetProcAddress(pathapi, "PathCchCanonicalizeEx");
}
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