Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-93495 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-93495 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-93495?
- Informational severity, published 1 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- ASUS Motherboard.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-93495?
- 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-2026-93495 attacked?
- It is attacked with physical access, in device firmware.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-93495?
- Check whether you run ASUS Motherboard. 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
Improper initialization in the motherboard's memory controller or related hardware component fails to enforce access restrictions, allowing an attacker with physical access to insert a device that can directly access system memory. The vulnerability requires physical proximity and device insertion capability; no authentication is bypassed as the issue exists at the hardware initialization level.
Affected products
- ASUS Motherboard
Timeline
- 2026-10-01: disclosed