CVE-2026-16004

Local Privilege Escalation via IOCTL in ASUS Armoury Crate

Published Sep 8, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control in Armoury Crate driver allows a local user to read and write arbitrary PCI/PCIe configuration space via crafted IOCTL requests by bypassing the driver's verification.
Refer to the '
Security Update for Armoury Crate App' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

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References
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:asus:armoury_crate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:asus:armoury_crate:through_6.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Privilege Escalation via IOCTL in ASUS Armoury Crate
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control in Armoury Crate driver allows a local user to read and write arbitrary PCI/PCIe configuration space via crafted IOCTL requests by bypassing the driver's verification. Refer to the ' Security Update for Armoury Crate App' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.
First Time appeared Asus
Asus armoury Crate
Weaknesses CWE-782
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:asus:armoury_crate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Asus
Asus armoury Crate
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
ASUS
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2026, 8:45 AM
Reserved
Jul 17, 2026, 3:32 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 8, 2026, 3:17 AM
Modified
Sep 17, 2026, 9:16 AM