VYPR
Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 1, 2026· Updated May 11, 2026

CVE-2026-23863

CVE-2026-23863

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.

Affected products

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  • cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
    Range: <2.3000.1032164386.258709

Patches

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No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

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News mentions

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