ASUS System Control Interface up to 3.1.69.0 IOCTL access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as very critical has been reported in ASUS System Control Interface up to 3.1.69.0. This impacts an unknown function of the component IOCTL Handler. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-112116. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in ASUS System Control Interface up to 3.1.69.0. It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component IOCTL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An exposed IOCTL with insufficient access control in ASUS System Control Interface allows a local, low-privileged user to read and write arbitrary physical memory through crafted device control requests, ultimately resulting in a complete compromise of the affected system. Refer to the ' Security Update for ASUS System Control Interface ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

The advisory is shared at asus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-112116 since 10/19/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/04/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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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Vendor

• ASUS

Name

• System Control Interface

Version

• 3.1.0
• 3.1.1
• 3.1.2
• 3.1.3
• 3.1.4
• 3.1.5
• 3.1.6
• 3.1.7
• 3.1.8
• 3.1.9
• 3.1.10
• 3.1.11
• 3.1.12
• 3.1.13
• 3.1.14
• 3.1.15
• 3.1.16
• 3.1.17
• 3.1.18
• 3.1.19
• 3.1.20
• 3.1.21
• 3.1.22
• 3.1.23
• 3.1.24
• 3.1.25
• 3.1.26
• 3.1.27
• 3.1.28
• 3.1.29
• 3.1.30
• 3.1.31
• 3.1.32
• 3.1.33
• 3.1.34
• 3.1.35
• 3.1.36
• 3.1.37
• 3.1.38
• 3.1.39
• 3.1.40
• 3.1.41
• 3.1.42
• 3.1.43
• 3.1.44
• 3.1.45
• 3.1.46
• 3.1.47
• 3.1.48
• 3.1.49
• 3.1.50
• 3.1.51
• 3.1.52
• 3.1.53
• 3.1.54
• 3.1.55
• 3.1.56
• 3.1.57
• 3.1.58
• 3.1.59
• 3.1.60
• 3.1.61
• 3.1.62
• 3.1.63
• 3.1.64
• 3.1.65
• 3.1.66
• 3.1.67
• 3.1.68
• 3.1.69.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.asus.com/

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