---
title: "CVE-2026-93495: ASUS Motherboard - Improper Initialization"
description: "ASUS certain motherboards contain an improper initialization vulnerability caused by flawed device handling, letting physically proximate attackers read or write arbitrary memory by inserting a specially crafted device."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-93495/
---

# CVE-2026-93495 ASUS Motherboard - Improper Initialization

ASUS certain motherboards contain an improper initialization vulnerability caused by flawed device handling, letting physically proximate attackers read or write arbitrary memory by inserting a specially crafted device.

CVSS base score 7.0 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

EPSS

0.16% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93495)

## Details

Type

Improper Initialization

Impact

Data Tampering, Information Disclosure

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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

1 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-665](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/665.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest firmware version provided by ASUS.

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

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93495](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93495)
- [https://www.asus.com/security-advisory](https://www.asus.com/security-advisory)

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## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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