Smug faces across all those who opposed the WordPad-ification of Microsoft's humble text editor Just months after Microsoft added Markdown support to Notepad, researchers have found the feature can be ...

Microsoft confirms CVE-2026-20841, a Remote Code Execution flaw in Windows 11 Notepad via Markdown links. Patch now rolling ...

A command injection flaw in the Windows Notepad App now gives remote attackers a path to execute code over a network, turning ...

Microsoft patches CVE-2026-20841, a high-severity Windows Notepad flaw that could allow code execution via malicious Markdown ...

PCWorld reports that Windows Notepad’s new Markdown support feature has introduced a serious remote code execution vulnerability with a high CVSS score of 8.8/7.7. The security flaw allows malicious ...

"Microsoft is turning Notepad into a slow, feature-heavy mess we don't need." The post Microsoft Added AI to Notepad and It ...

High-severity flaw fixed in Windows 11 Notepad ...

Users could be tricked into running arbitrary code, but the issue was patched last week.

Microsoft has patched a high-severity RCE vulnerability in the Windows 11 Notepad app that could allow attackers to silently execute malicious files ...

According to Microsoft's release notes, the update fixes 25 elevation of privilege flaws, 12 remote code execution vulnerabilities, three denial of service vulnerabilities, five security feature ...

The vulnerability comes from the way Notepad handles Markdown hyperlinks. Attackers craft malicious .md files with embedded links that trigger unverified protocol handlers when users click them, ...

Microsoft is reportedly working on yet another "advanced" Notepad feature that has little to do with basic text editing.