{"id":"CVE-2026-16727","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-16727","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T10:46:54.220Z","title":"Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (“Race Condition”) in ASUS Armoury Crate allows a local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges via a crafted file replacement.","description":"Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (“Race Condition”) in ASUS Armoury Crate allows a local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges via a crafted file replacement.\nRefer to the ' Security Update for ASUS Armoury Crate ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.","published":"2026-07-30T02:16:46.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-23T22:10:00.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":7.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/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-362"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.0012,"percentile":0.01822,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"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 (0.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.asus.com/security-advisory","source":"54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16727","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."}