ASUS Armoury Crate up to 6.4.12 permission assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in ASUS Armoury Crate up to 6.4.12. This affects an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to permission assignment. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-8070. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ASUS Armoury Crate up to 6.4.12. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission assignment vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-732. The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource in Armoury Crate allows a local user to bypass the driver’s validation mechanism, resulting in unauthorized read and write access to physical memory.Refer to the '  Security Update for Armoury Crate App   ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

The weakness was shared by Jakub Buczak. The advisory is shared for download at asus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-8070 since 05/07/2026. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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

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Class: Permission assignment
CWE: CWE-732 / CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Timelineinfo

05/07/2026 CVE reserved
05/29/2026 +22 days Advisory disclosed
05/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: asus.com

Advisory: asus.com
Researcher: Jakub Buczak
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-8070 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-8070
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-367144

Entryinfo

Created: 05/29/2026 10:17
Changes: 05/29/2026 10:17 (65)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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