CVE-2026-18023 Information disclosure in Armoury Crate
A local attacker can disclose sensitive information from uninitialized memory in the ASUS Armoury Crate driver via a crafted IOCTL request.
- 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-2026-18023?
CVE-2026-18023 is a medium-severity 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
Sensitive Information in Resource Not Removed Before Reuse in ASUS Armoury Crate driver allows a local user to disclose sensitive information from uninitialized memory via a crafted IOCTL request that bypasses the driver's security verification mechanism. Refer to the ' Security Update for Armoury Crate App ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.
Weakness: CWE-226
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-18023?
How do I fix CVE-2026-18023?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-18023 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-18023 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-18023 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-39xg-28h4-8h3r.