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

If you read this website regularly—or even if this is your first time here—it's almost a given that you use or have used Windows Notepad at some point. It is one of the most basic text editors ...

Why can't it just be a basic text editor?!

Microsoft is reportedly expanding Notepad on Windows 11 with Copilot-powered text streaming and richer Markdown support, ...

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

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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.

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

An AI bot publicly criticized a software engineer for rejecting its code, sparking debate about autonomous AI behavior. The ...

A critical remote code execution vulnerability found in the AI-upgraded Windows 11 Notepad has fueled renewed criticism of Microsoft's forced AI feature creep.