CVE-2026-8918 | BDVDB-2026-341992 Detail

ASUSArmoury Crate

Description#

A permissive list of allowed inputs in ASUS Armoury Crate allows a local administrator to perform arbitrary memory read/write operations or cause a system crash (BSOD) by bypassing the validation mechanism.Refer to the ' Security Update for Armoury Crate App ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

Impact#

Per CVSS v4.0: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact high. Attack vector: local.

Weaknesses#

CWE-183 Permissive List of Allowed Inputs

References#

https://www.asus.com/security-advisory

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12026-06-22Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22026-09-17Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2026-06-22
Last modified: 2026-09-17

Vendor information

Vendor: ASUS
Product: Armoury Crate

All ASUS vulnerabilities

Score

7.1 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 20.6.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
through 6.4.12
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

7.1 High

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	High
Attack Requirements	None
Privileges Required	High
User Interaction	None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality	High
Vulnerable System Integrity	High
Vulnerable System Availability	High
Subsequent System Confidentiality	None
Subsequent System Integrity	None
Subsequent System Availability	None

CVSS v3.1

Not available

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).