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CVE-2026-2538

HIGH

7.0

Description

A security flaw has been discovered in Flos Freeware Notepad2 4.2.22/4.2.23/4.2.24/4.2.25. Affected is an unknown function in the library Msimg32.dll. Performing a manipulation results in uncontrolled search path. Attacking locally is a requirement. The attack's complexity is rated as high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.0

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published2/16/2026

Last Modified2/18/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-426CWE-427

References

https://github.com/Cyber-Wo0dy/report/blob/main/notepad2/4.2.25/notepad2_dll_hijacking.md(cna@vuldb.com)

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.346126(cna@vuldb.com)

https://vuldb.com/?id.346126(cna@vuldb.com)

https://vuldb.com/?submit.749345(cna@vuldb.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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