Vulnerability in Nickemanarin Screentogif
CVE-2026-33156
ScreenToGif is a screen recording tool. In versions from 2.42.1 and prior, ScreenToGif is vulnerable to DLL sideloading via version.dll . When the portable executable is run from a user-writable directory, it loads version.dll from the application directory instead of the Windows System32 directory, allowing arbitrary code execution in the user's context. This is especially impactful because ScreenToGif is primarily distributed as a portable application intended to be run from user-writable locations. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.
EPSS: 0.002 (13.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Nickemanarin Screentogif — versions <= 2.42.1
- Screentogif
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-33156?
- CVE-2026-33156 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nickemanarin Screentogif, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-03-20.
- How severe is CVE-2026-33156?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.