Paint gets this fix only through a Store update, not through Windows updates. The fixed build, 11.2609.401.0, was the newest Paint build in all ten countries The Hacker News checked today. The flaw is an out-of-bounds read that could let an attacker run code over a network.
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Microsoft Paint RCE Fix Now Available, but Windows Update Won't Deliver It
A fix for CVE-2026-83844, a remote code execution flaw in Windows Paint, is now in the Microsoft Store.
Reported by thehackernews.com.
