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CVE-2026-16003: asus armoury crate

CVSS: 2.0v4.0LowDeferred
Published 08-09-2026Last modified 17-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-16003 is a low (CVSS 2.0) vulnerability in asus armoury crate. EPSS estimates a 0.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
8/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
2.0/10
010
Low · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.09%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 08-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control in Armoury Crate driver allows a local user to add an arbitrary process identifier to the driver's whitelist via a crafted IOCTL request by bypassing the driver's verification.Refer to the ' Security Update for Armoury Crate App  ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.09%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

0%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.09% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.09%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Asus1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links