Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-112116 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-112116 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-112116?
- Informational severity, published 4 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- ASUS System Control Interface.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-112116?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-112116 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in device firmware.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-112116?
- Check whether you run ASUS System Control Interface. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability involves an exposed IOCTL (input/output control) interface in ASUS System Control Interface with insufficient access control checks. A local, low-privileged user can craft malicious device control requests to read and write arbitrary physical memory, bypassing security boundaries. This direct memory access capability enables full system compromise.
Affected products
- ASUS System Control Interface
Timeline
- 2026-11-04: disclosed