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.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00011.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Flos Freeware Notepad2 affected
Version Status Constraints
4.2.22 affected —
4.2.23 affected —
4.2.24 affected —
4.2.25 affected —

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/Cyber-Wo0dy/report/blob/main/notepad2/4.2.25/notepad2_dll_hijacking.md cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.346126 cve-icon cve-icon
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https://vuldb.com/?submit.749345 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Flos Freeware
Flos Freeware notepad2
Vendors & Products Flos Freeware
Flos Freeware notepad2

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Flos Freeware Notepad2 Msimg32.dll uncontrolled search path
Weaknesses CWE-426
CWE-427
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:ND/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:X/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7, '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'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': '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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-16T06:02:06.344Z

Reserved: 2026-02-15T09:24:12.532Z

Link: CVE-2026-2538

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-16T07:17:00.537

Modified: 2026-02-16T07:17:00.537

Link: CVE-2026-2538

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-16T09:42:26Z

Weaknesses