Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-88781 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-88781 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-88781?
- Informational severity, published 27 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- ASUS Motherboard firmware <UNKNOWN>.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-88781?
- 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-2026-88781 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in device firmware.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-88781?
- Check whether you run ASUS Motherboard firmware at an affected version. 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
An untrusted pointer dereference flaw in ASUS motherboard firmware allows a kernel-level privileged attacker to supply arbitrary memory addresses through I/O commands, resulting in out-of-bounds memory access. The vulnerability requires local access with elevated privileges and can lead to information disclosure or system crash.
Affected products
- ASUS Motherboard firmware <UNKNOWN>
Timeline
- 2026-10-27: disclosed