{"id":"CVE-2026-102438","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-102438","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:46:42.649Z","title":"An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in ASUS Armoury Crate allows local users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges via replacement of a dynamic-link library (DLL) that is later loaded by a high-privilege process.","description":"An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in ASUS Armoury Crate allows local users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges via replacement of a dynamic-link library (DLL) that is later loaded by a high-privilege process.\nRefer to the '\nSecurity Update for Armoury Crate App ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.","published":"2026-10-20T02:17:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-21T04:17:06.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-427"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00162,"percentile":0.05399,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-20","score":0.00124,"percentile":0.01944}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-20T02:17:08.000Z","detail":{"score":"8.5","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T02:17:08.147Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 8.5)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.asus.com/security-advisory","source":"54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102438","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}