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

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

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

Notepad has quietly evolved over the past few years, and image support could mark its biggest shift yet, especially after Microsoft removed WordPad from Windows and left a gap for richer editing.

Notepad++ has adopted a "double-lock" design for its update mechanism to address recently exploited security gaps that ...

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