Arbitrary memory access and BSOD via validation bypass
Published Jun 22, 2026 · Updated Jun 22, 2026
Permissive input validation in ASUS Armoury Crate 6.4.12 and earlier allows local users to access memory or trigger a BSOD. The published record identifies an overly broad input allowlist that bypasses validation, but ASUS does not disclose the affected component or operation. Exploitation requires local administrator privileges and permits arbitrary memory reads and writes or crashes Windows with a blue screen.
Summary
What happened
Permissive input validation in ASUS Armoury Crate 6.4.12 and earlier allows local users to access memory or trigger a BSOD. The published record identifies an overly broad input allowlist that bypasses validation, but ASUS does not disclose the affected component or operation. Exploitation requires local administrator privileges and permits arbitrary memory reads and writes or crashes Windows with a blue screen.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-8918
- Published
- Jun 22, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 22, 2026
- Vendor
- ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
- Product
- Armoury Crate
- Classifications
- CWE-183, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 22, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 22, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=6.4.12
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