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

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Microsoft fixes a high-severity Notepad RCE flaw tied to Markdown files. Install the latest updates to protect your PC.

Windows 11 Notepad got AI bloat and lost the simple, no-frills note app that users loved. Legacy Notepad restores that calm, lightweight, familiar UI and uses fewer resources than Microsoft's. It ...

Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by suspected China-state hackers who used their control to deliver backdoored ...

TL;DR: Notepad++ was compromised for six months, but it wasn't the software itself which the exploit leveraged, but its hosting provider. An investigation into the attack has just been concluded with ...

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PCWorld reports that Notepad++’s WinGUp update system was compromised between June and December 2025, delivering malware through corrupted executables to targeted users. While the popular text editor ...

A months-long supply chain attack that affected the Notepad++ update process has been linked to a compromise of shared hosting infrastructure rather than a flaw in the software's code. This according ...

The developer of the popular open source text editor Notepad++ has confirmed that hackers hijacked the software to deliver malicious updates to users over the course of several months in 2025. In a ...