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

According to Microsoft's release notes, the update fixes 25 elevation of privilege flaws, 12 remote code execution ...

Microsoft has fixed a "remote code execution" vulnerability in Windows 11 Notepad that allowed attackers to execute local or remote programs by tricking users into clicking specially crafted Markdown ...

Microsoft just patched a serious vulnerability in Notepad for Windows that could allow hackers to take control of victims' ...

There's a remote code execution vulnerability in Notepad which is leveraged via the recently introduced formatting abilities to make tables in the app.

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

Smug faces across all those who opposed the WordPad-ification of Microsoft's humble text editor Just months after Microsoft ...

Everybody is joking how Microsoft needs to stop "vibecoding Windows." But is all of that just a joke from unhappy users, or ...

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

Microsoft is rolling out new artificial intelligence features with the latest updates to the Notepad and Paint apps for Windows 11 Insiders. These changes are rolling out to Windows Insiders in the ...

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