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🚨 Critical Windows Paint vulnerability allows remote code execution without authentication, CVE-2026-83844 Microsoft has disclosed a high-severity vulnerability in Windows Paint that could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute malicious code remotely without user interaction. Tracked as CVE-2026-83844, the flaw stems from an out-of-bounds read that could compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected systems. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.1 and affects Microsoft Paint versions earlier than 11.2605.91.0. Microsoft has released a security fix, and administrators are urged to ensure Paint is updated. There are currently no confirmed reports of active exploitation.

BREAKING: Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, 86, is banned from driving for 6 months after pleading no contest to a hit-and-run charge in Napa Valley.

BREAKING: Democrats are preparing "aggressive" investigations into President Trump's crypto ventures, deals with law firms, and pardoning of donors, per FT. US oil companies have also been put "on notice" for Trump’s deal with Russia to release diesel reserves and AI companies will be demanded to commit to reporting safety incidents within 48 hours of detection. Hakeem Jeffries has pledged to outline an agenda within 100 hours of being sworn in as House Speaker.

🚨 BREAKING: A flaw in APT, the tool that installs software on Debian Linux, lets an attacker on the network tamper with a package after it passes verification and run code as root. The bug, CVE-2026-109518, sits in resumed HTTP downloads. APT can merge two different downloads when a redirect gives them the same address, and a man-in-the-middle can then alter the file after its check. Debian fixed it in apt 3.0.4, shipped to Debian 13 security updates on 4 November. Users should upgrade now. Per Debian's changelog, the fix is four words long. "Open target files exclusively."

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