CVE-2026-8917

HIGHPre-NVD 8.48.4—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.4 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 98% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.4Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Untrusted Pointer Dereference in ASUS GPU Tweak III, GPUTweakII, AI Suite3, and VGAdll: An IOCTL vulnerability allows a local attacker to write a specific value to an arbitrary memory address, potentially leading to privilege escalation. Refer to the '  Security Update for ASUS GPU Tweak III, GPU Tweak II, AI Suite 3, and Armoury Crate Security Bulletin   ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

CVSS v3
8.4
EG Score
8.4(medium)
EG Risk
38(Track)
EG Risk 38/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity84% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

August 12, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 11, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

ASUS Security Advisory | Latest Vulnerability Update

https://www.asus.com/security-advisory

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8917(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 31× in last 7d / 49× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 23:38 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-20 23:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 12:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 01:54 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-20 01:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-19 15:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-19 04:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 17:23 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 17:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-18 06:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 19:33 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-17 19:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-17 08:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-16 21:53 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-16 21:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-16 11:02 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-16 11:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-16 00:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-15 13:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-15 02:32 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-15 02:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-15 01:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-14 15:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-14 04:52 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-14 04:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-13 18:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-13 07:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-12 20:21 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-12 20:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-12 19:22 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-12 19:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-12 11:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-12 01:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-11 14:12 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-11 14:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-11 03:22 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-11 02:18 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-11 02:18 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8917?
CVE-2026-8917 is a high vulnerability published on August 11, 2026. Untrusted Pointer Dereference in ASUS GPU Tweak III, GPUTweakII, AI Suite3, and VGAdll: An IOCTL vulnerability allows a local attacker to write a specific value to an arbitrary memory address, potentially leading to privilege escalation. Refer to the ' Security Update for ASUS GPU Tweak III, GPU…
When was CVE-2026-8917 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8917 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 11, 2026, with the most recent update on August 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8917 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8917 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 98.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8917?
CVE-2026-8917 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8917?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8917, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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