{
  "id": 18501351,
  "title": "Microsoft Paint RCE Fix Now Available, but Windows Update Won't Deliver It",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/microsoft-paint-rce-fix-now-available-but-windows-update-wont-deliver",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-06T12:06:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/microsoft-paint-rce-fix-now-available.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}