High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Feb 16, 2026· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2026-2538
CVE-2026-2538
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.
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Affected products
1- Range: 4.2.22 / 4.2.23 / 4.2.24 / 4.2.25
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