{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-2538 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-2538 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-2538 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Flos Freeware Notepad2, published on 16 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-2538 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-2538 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Flos Freeware Notepad2, published on 16 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-2538 exists.\n\nAffected product: Flos Freeware Notepad2. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2538/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2538/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-2538","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2538/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-2538","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-2425-8942-cjhp"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"no_fix_stated","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Notepad2 text editor","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can exploit an uncontrolled search path in Msimg32.dll to execute arbitrary code in Notepad2.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulDB","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.3,"severity":"high","source":"cna","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","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-427","name":"Uncontrolled Search Path Element"},{"id":"CWE-426","name":"Untrusted Search Path"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Flos Freeware Notepad2 Msimg32.dll uncontrolled search path","id":"CVE-2026-2538","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Micca KE700 Cleartext transmission of key fob ID","id":"CVE-2026-2539"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Comfast CF-E4 HTTP POST Request mbox-config command injection","id":"CVE-2026-2537"},"products":["Notepad2"],"published":"2026-02-16","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-02-23","vendors":["Flos Freeware"]},"summary":"Local attackers can exploit an uncontrolled search path in Msimg32.dll to execute arbitrary code in Notepad2.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2538/"}