CVE-2026-16005 Memory corruption in Armoury Crate
A local attacker can cause a system crash by freeing arbitrary memory through a crafted IOCTL request in the Armoury Crate driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-16005?
CVE-2026-16005 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in ASUS Armoury Crate, published on 8 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference in Armoury Crate driver allows a local user to free arbitrary memory via a crafted IOCTL request by bypassing the driver's verification, which can corrupt data structures and cause a system crash (BSOD).Refer to the ' Security Update for Armoury Crate App ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.
Weakness: CWE-763
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-16005?
How do I fix CVE-2026-16005?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-16005 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2026-16005 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-16005 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rfhm-hwp6-xrr6.