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CVE-2026-23863

Published: May 1, 2026

Modified: May 1, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

Description

An attachment spoofing issue in WhatsApp for Windows prior to v2.3000.1032164386.258709 could have allowed maliciously formatted documents with embedded NUL bytes in the filename to be shown in the application as one type of file but run as an executable when opened. We have not seen evidence of exploitation in the wild.

VendorProductVersions

Facebook

WhatsApp Desktop for Windows

affected
2.3000.*.252500 - < 2.3000.1032164386.258709

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

References

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