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.

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Fri, 01 May 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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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. 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.
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{'score': 6.5, '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'}


Fri, 01 May 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Meta

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-01T17:41:14.681Z

Reserved: 2026-01-16T19:49:26.308Z

Link: CVE-2026-23863

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-01T16:16:29.843

Modified: 2026-05-01T17:16:20.200

Link: CVE-2026-23863

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