CVE 6.5 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-23863_CVE-2026-23863

6.5 / 10
MEDIUM
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

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-23863
Source Meta
Published May 1, 2026 at 16:01
Modified May 1, 2026 at 17:41

Affected Product

Vendor Facebook
Product WhatsApp Desktop for Windows
Version 2.3000.*.252500
Affected Versions Facebook WhatsApp Desktop for Windows 2.3000.*.252500

CWE Classification

References

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