Microsoft Paint RCE Fix Now Available, but Windows Update Won't Deliver It

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by The Hacker News at 06 Nov, 12:06 UTC

A fix for CVE-2026-83844, a remote code execution flaw in Windows Paint, is now in the Microsoft Store. 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…

releasessecurity

Sources

• T2Microsoft Paint RCE Fix Now Available, but Windows Update Won't Deliver ItThe Hacker News06 Nov, 12:06

Vulnerabilities

• CVE-2026-83844