You can infect your PC with malware without ever leaving Notepad, thanks to recent updates and additions. Hooray.

A command injection flaw in the Windows Notepad App now gives remote attackers a path to execute code over a network, turning one of the most familiar programs on any PC into a potential entry point ...

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

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Threat actors are abusing Pastebin comments to distribute a new ClickFix-style attack that tricks cryptocurrency users into ...

The vulnerability comes from the way Notepad handles Markdown hyperlinks. Attackers craft malicious .md files with embedded ...

Microsoft has fixed a serious security vulnerability affecting Markdown files in Notepad. In the company’s Tuesday patch ...

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Microsoft has patched the Windows Notepad remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2026-20841, warning users to install ...

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