CVE-2026-8917 Memory corruption in AI Suite3
A local attacker can exploit an untrusted pointer dereference in ASUS GPU Tweak utilities to write to arbitrary memory, leading to privilege escalation.
- 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-2026-8917?
CVE-2026-8917 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in ASUS AI Suite3, published on 11 Aug 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 GPU Tweak III, GPUTweakII, AI Suite3, and VGAdll: An IOCTL vulnerability allows a local attacker to write a specific value to an arbitrary memory address, potentially leading to privilege escalation. Refer to the ' Security Update for ASUS GPU Tweak III, GPU Tweak II, AI Suite 3, and Armoury Crate Security Bulletin ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.
Weakness: CWE-822
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-8917?
How do I fix CVE-2026-8917?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-8917 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-2026-8917 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-8917 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cc5p-f4h4-cfmj.