# CVE-2026-12962: ASUS Armoury Crate cross-domain policy NTLM hash theft

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-12962-asus-armoury-crate-cross-domain-policy-ntlm-hash-theft  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-08. Updated: 2026-09-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-12962 · Severity: info · Published 2026-09-08

Armoury Crate, ASUS's system management application, has a permissive cross-domain security policy that allows remote attackers to steal local Windows NTLM password hashes. By tricking a user into visiting a malicious webpage, an attacker can force the application to reveal credential hashes that could enable account takeover or offline password cracking attacks.

Technologies: [ASUS Armoury Crate](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/armoury-crate). Vendors: [ASUS](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/asus).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-12962 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-12962 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-12962?** Informational severity, published 8 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** ASUS Armoury Crate.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-12962?** 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-2026-12962 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-12962?** Check whether you run ASUS Armoury Crate. 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 stems from an overly permissive Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) or similar cross-domain policy in Armoury Crate's local service endpoint. An attacker can craft a web page that, when visited by a user, sends a UNC path request (e.g., \\attacker\share) to the application's local service. This triggers NTLM authentication, causing the user's browser to send the user's NTLM hash to the attacker-controlled server. No authentication or special privileges are required from the victim's perspective—only clicking a link or visiting a page. The attack vector is network-based but requires user interaction (visiting a crafted webpage).

## Affected products

- ASUS Armoury Crate

## Timeline

- 2026-09-08: disclosed

## References

- [https://www.asus.com/security-advisory](https://www.asus.com/security-advisory)

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