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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.5 Medium

CVE-2026-23863

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 t

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
Meta

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

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Facebook WhatsApp Desktop for Windows

Default version status: unaffected

  • 2.3000.*.252500 to < 2.3000.1032164386.258709affected

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