CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-23863

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-05-01 Modified 2026-10-26 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-05-01
Last modified
2026-10-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-158

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 configurations

• whatsapp whatsapp (< 2.3000.1032164386.258709)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-158 Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character weakness

References