Vulnerability record

CVE-2026-83844

Severity: HighExploitation: No known exploitation

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

Out-of-bounds read in Windows Paint allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdate

    CVE-2026-83844 scored CVSS 8.1

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

Coverage

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