Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-16005 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-16005 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-16005?
- Informational severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 8 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- ASUS Armoury Crate.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-16005?
- 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-2026-16005 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-16005?
- 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 Armoury Crate driver is vulnerable to a use-after-free (release of invalid pointer) condition in its IOCTL request handling. An attacker can bypass the driver's input verification and supply a crafted IOCTL request that causes the driver to free an arbitrary memory address, leading to memory corruption and triggering a blue screen of death (BSOD). The vulnerability requires local access to the system but does not require elevated privileges. ASUS has released patches; users should update Armoury Crate to the patched version.
Affected products
- ASUS Armoury Crate
Timeline
- 2026-09-08: disclosed