You can infect your PC with malware without ever leaving Notepad, thanks to recent updates and additions. Hooray.
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 ...
According to Microsoft's release notes, the update fixes 25 elevation of privilege flaws, 12 remote code execution ...
There's a remote code execution vulnerability in Notepad which is leveraged via the recently introduced formatting abilities to make tables in the app.
The flaw exploits Notepad’s recently added support for Markdown, a formatting language used on websites and in files, to run malicious code on a Windows PC.