ASUS Z790 Device access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in ASUS B460, B560, B660, B760, H410, H470, H510, H610, W480, W680, Z590, Z690 and Z790. This affects an unknown part of the component Device Handler. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-11901. An attack on the physical device is feasible. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in ASUS B460, B560, B660, B760, H410, H470, H510, H610, W480, W680, Z590, Z690 and Z790. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Device Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability affects certain ASUS motherboards using Intel B460, B560, B660, B760, H410, H510, H610, H470, Z590, Z690, Z790, W480, W680 series chipsets. Exploitation requires physical access to internal expansion slots to install a specially crafted device and supporting software utility, and may lead to uncontrolled resource consumption that increases the risk of unauthorized direct memory access (DMA). Refer to the 'Security Update for UEFI firmware' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

The advisory is available at asus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-11901 since 10/17/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/17/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-203874). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• ASUS

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• B460
• B560
• B660
• B760
• H410
• H470
• H510
• H610
• W480
• W680
• Z590
• Z690
• Z790

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.asus.com/

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