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, ...

In this post, we will show you how to replace Notepad with Microsoft Edit on Windows 11. Plain text editing should be simple and quick. For years, Notepad filled that role on Windows by doing just one ...

Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 10 last October. Many PCs with Windows 10 don't pass Microsoft's strict requirement check. It's possible to bypass this and ...

If a user opened this Markdown file in Windows 11 Notepad versions 11.2510 and earlier and viewed it in Markdown mode, the above text would appear as a clickable link. If the link is clicked with ...

Microsoft has fixed a major security issue in Windows 11’s Notepad tool. This security flaw allowed hackers to execute code on users' computers by tricking them into clicking on malicious links ...

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 patches Windows 11 Notepad RCE flaw CVE-2026-20841 Vulnerability exploited Markdown links to execute malicious code with user permissions Patch Tuesday update fixes issue; versions 11.2510 ...

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

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 ...