Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| WhatsApp Desktop for Windows | unaffected |
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Fri, 01 May 2026 16:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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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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Fri, 01 May 2026 16:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Meta
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-01T17:41:14.681Z
Reserved: 2026-01-16T19:49:26.308Z
Link: CVE-2026-23863
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-01T16:16:29.843
Modified: 2026-05-01T17:16:20.200
Link: CVE-2026-23863
Redhat
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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No weakness.