VulnerabilityAwaiting Analysis

CVE-2026-1878

An Insufficient Integrity Verification vulnerability in the ASUS ROG peripheral driver installation process allows privilege escalation to SYSTEM.

MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 0.13%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An Insufficient Integrity Verification vulnerability in the ASUS ROG peripheral driver installation process allows privilege escalation to SYSTEM. The vulnerability is due to improper access control on the installation directory, which enables the exploitation of a race condition where the legitimate installer is substituted with an unexpected payload immediately after download, resulting in arbitrary code execution. Refer to the "Security Update for ASUS ROG peripheral driver" section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

CVSS 4.0: 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/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
EPSS: 0.13% probability · 3th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-494
Source: 54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1

References

https://www.asus.com/security-advisory/

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.