CVE-2026-102438 ASUS Armoury Crate - Remote Code Execution & Privilege Escalation

ASUS Armoury Crate contains an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability caused by DLL replacement, letting local users execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges, exploit requires local access.

CVSS base score 8.5 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
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Details

Type
Remote Code Execution
Impact
Remote Code Execution, Privilege Escalation
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Published
20 October 2026
Updated
20 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-427

Vendor fix

Apply the security update provided by ASUS for Armoury Crate.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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