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CVE-2026-2538

Published: Feb 16, 2026

Modified: Feb 23, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.0

HIGH

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.

VendorProductVersions

Flos Freeware

Notepad2

affected
4.2.22
affected
4.2.23
affected
4.2.24
affected
4.2.25

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-427
CWE-426

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:X/RL:X/RC:R

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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