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

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.

Microsoft continues to move Notepad away from its text-editing roots with planned support for images. Although not officially announced, an image icon has appeared on the Notepad toolbar for Windows ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft is adding image support to Notepad, bringing a feature previously exclusive to WordPad to the ...

The recently compromised update mechanism for the popular open source text editor Notepad ++ has been hardened so it’s now ‘effectively unexploitable’, says the application’s author.

Notepad++ released a security patch to reinforce its update process with a “double-lock” design after a sophisticated ...

AI-related changes to Notepad allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code on your computer. The vulnerability was related to ...

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 ...

I don’t need tabs, sessions, or extra clutter in a tool I open for two seconds. Notepad++ stays fast, simple, and doesn't ...

Chinese hackers compromised Notepad++ updates for six months, deploying a backdoor to selectively target users in government ...

New AI tools from Anthropic sparked a broad sell-off in software and data stocks. Executives say fears are overblown, but analysts warn of margin and pricing pressure. Investors are reassessing which ...