CVE-2026-15029 Privilege escalation in Business Manager
A local administrator can bypass OS memory protections to read and write arbitrary physical memory via crafted IOCTL requests in ASUS System Control Interface drivers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-15029?
CVE-2026-15029 is a high-severity vulnerability in ASUS Business Manager, published on 15 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Untrusted Pointer Dereference in ASUS System Control Interface v3, ASUS System Control Interface, and ASUS Business Manager allows a local administrator to perform arbitrary physical memory read and write operations via crafted IOCTL requests to the driver, bypassing OS-enforced memory protections. Refer to the ' Security Update for ASUS System Control Interface ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.
Weakness: CWE-822
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-15029?
How do I fix CVE-2026-15029?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-15029 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-15029 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-15029 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cvqr-f3j3-pp87.