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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 ...
Microsoft has patched the Windows Notepad remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2026-20841, warning users to install February 2026 updates to block exploits.
The vulnerability comes from the way Notepad handles Markdown hyperlinks. Attackers craft malicious .md files with embedded ...
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