7.1

CVE-2026-8918: asus armoury crate Permissive List of Allowed Inputs

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

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-8918 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Permissive List of Allowed Inputs vulnerability in asus armoury crate. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.28%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 22-06-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.28% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Asus1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links