CVE-2026-20841

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-77 Command Injection

Publication date:

10/02/2026

Last modified:

12/02/2026

Description

Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command (&#39;command injection&#39;) in Windows Notepad App allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20841
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46971516