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. 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. Microsoft rates