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Microsoft Paint CVE-2026-83844 lets hackers hack Windows 11 PCs over internet

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What happened

Microsoft has confirmed CVE-2026-83844 (the public catalogue number for a specific software flaw) remote code execution (running programs on a machine from somewhere else) flaw that affects Paint on Windows systems, and the fix is not obvious. Microsoft is a software and software development company based in Redmond, founded in 1975, and its products and services include Microsoft Windows.

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