Are .txt Files Safe?

Just as a matter of info, a vulnerability was found in text files for macOS, per the following article from Kaspersky. The vulnerability has been patched by Apple. I like and use Mac's Text Editor a lot, and found the article interesting and good info to know.

Jim Hamm

https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/is-txt-file-safe/39256/

Comment from John Carter Sr.

Another thing to be cautious about now is any .txt file found online or in email. Just because Apple patched this hack doesn’t mean that there won’t be other ways to attack a Mac with a .txt file. I don’t know if Sophos or other Anti-virus apps are bothering to check plain text files for malicious HTML code.

There was a time when just opening an image resulted in an attack. That seems to have been fixed.