Hopefully it doesn't have any Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities, like Microslop's implementation had.
this post was submitted on 09 Mar 2026
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How in the world did they manage that? Did they implement it internally as a TCP API and expose it?
It was like:
Hey Copilot, add Markdown support in Word
Sure thing Satya! There you have it, I made sure not to add any vulnerabilities like you always tell me.
I don't know the technicalities, but Markdown supports links, and it's possible to craft a link that downloads a file and then executes it. You can look up the Notepad.exe RCE vulnerability from this year.
Basically Notepad would pass the link to ShellEx and could launch executables.
They probably vibe coded it, and only copilot reviewed and merged the code.
I really hate that every markdown engine has its own flavor and I hope for a better standardization.
There is commonmark but it is lacking features like tables. https://commonmark.org/
Yes, it's a nice, easy and elegant system, but lacks still a lot of possibilities included in the BBcode.
HELL YEAH!
I've been using markdown and I don't even know. Sounds like a great addition.
To lemmy like me. Markdown is another way of formatting text. It's like the R*ddit or lemmy way of formatting.
Sweet. I've been a tiny enthusiast of Markdown for almost 20 years. It's just a great format.
I host a forum for a gaming community and it uses BBcode, which was... not completely terrible for the time, but ever since I used markdown, I've always hated it. heh. Markdown is just simple and easy to remember, and it's easy to use. It quickly becomes second nature.
About time too!
I plan to export all the company documentation to markdown for git/bazaar based version control ! It is just so exciting 🥳😁