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Notepad's new Markdown powers served with a side of remote code execution
Smug faces across all those who opposed the WordPad-ification of Microsoft's humble text editor Just months after Microsoft ...
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Microsoft’s new AI Notepad just opened a terrifyingly easy hacker loophole
A command injection flaw in the Windows Notepad App now gives remote attackers a path to execute code over a network, turning ...
You can infect your PC with malware without ever leaving Notepad, thanks to recent updates and additions. Hooray.
According to Microsoft's release notes, the update fixes 25 elevation of privilege flaws, 12 remote code execution ...
The vulnerability comes from the way Notepad handles Markdown hyperlinks. Attackers craft malicious .md files with embedded ...
Microsoft has patched the Windows Notepad remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2026-20841, warning users to install February 2026 updates to block exploits.
The flaw exploits Notepad’s recently added support for Markdown, a formatting language used on websites and in files, to run malicious code on a Windows PC.
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