CVE-2026-2538
Essential information
- Published
- 16/02/2026 07:17
- Modified
- 16/02/2026 07:17
- Author
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- Creator
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- CVSS
- 7.3 HIGH (v3) 7.3 HIGH (v4.0)
- CISA KEV
- No
- CWE
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- CVSS vector
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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS metrics
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- Access complexity
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- Authentication
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- Confidentiality impact
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- Integrity impact
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- Availability impact
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- Exploitability
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- Remediation level
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- Report confidence
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- Temporal score
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- Attack vector
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- Attack complexity
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Scope
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- Confidentiality impact
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- Exploit code maturity
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- Remediation level
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- Attack vector
- LOCAL
- Attack complexity
- HIGH
- Attack requirements
- NONE
- Privileges required
- LOW
- User interaction
- NONE
- Confidentiality (V)
- HIGH
- Confidentiality (S)
- NONE
- Integrity (V)
- HIGH
- Integrity (S)
- NONE
- Availability (V)
- HIGH
- Availability (S)
- NONE
- Exploit maturity
- NOT_DEFINED
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.
NVD status
- Status
- Received — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
- Source
- [email protected]
- NVD
- View on NVD
Affected products (CPE)
| Product | CPE |
|---|---|
| flos / notepad2 | cpe:2.3:a:flos:notepad2:4.2.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| flos / notepad2 | cpe:2.3:a:flos:notepad2:4.2.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| flos / notepad2 | cpe:2.3:a:flos:notepad2:4.2.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| flos / notepad2 | cpe:2.3:a:flos:notepad2:4.2.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |