CVE-2026-20841: Windows Notepad RCE Vulnerability Weaponized with Public PoC Exploit
A high-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Microsoft’s modern Windows Notepad application has been patched as part of the February 2026 Patch Tuesday release—but security researchers have already published a working proof-of-concept exploit on GitHub, raising concerns about active exploitation in the wild. The Vulnerability: Command Injection via Markdown Rendering Tracked as CVE-2026-20841, the…
