CVE-2026-8918 Security feature bypass in Armoury Crate
A local administrator can bypass input validation in ASUS Armoury Crate to perform arbitrary memory operations or crash the system.
- 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-2026-8918?
CVE-2026-8918 is a high-severity vulnerability in ASUS Armoury Crate, published on 22 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A permissive list of allowed inputs in ASUS Armoury Crate allows a local administrator to perform arbitrary memory read/write operations or cause a system crash (BSOD) by bypassing the validation mechanism.Refer to the ' Security Update for Armoury Crate App ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.
Weakness: CWE-183
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-8918?
How do I fix CVE-2026-8918?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-8918 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-8918 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-8918 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jjw4-7368-pw26.