CVE-2026-8918

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 7.1 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 87% 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
7.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

A permissive list of allowed inputs in ASUS Armoury Crate allows a local administrator to perform arbitrary memory read/write operations or cause a system crash (BSOD) by bypassing the validation mechanism.Refer to the ' Security Update for Armoury Crate App ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1(medium)
EPSS
12.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 22, 2026

Last Modified

June 24, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 22, 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-2026-8918(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 37× in last 7d / 77× 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. 2026-07-07 04:02 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-07 04:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  5. 2026-07-06 15:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  17. 2026-07-04 14:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  21. 2026-07-04 02:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-02 13:42 UTCEG score recompute
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  5. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-07-01 13:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  10. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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  12. 2026-06-30 12:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  22. 2026-06-28 11:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  25. 2026-06-27 23:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  27. 2026-06-27 11:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  30. 2026-06-26 23:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  37. 2026-06-25 08:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  42. 2026-06-24 08:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore
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  45. 2026-06-23 20:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-06-23 07:53 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-06-23 07:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-06-22 19:40 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.10
  49. 2026-06-22 19:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-06-22 19:39 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.1 · CVSS v4 → 7.1
  51. 2026-06-22 03:39 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-06-22 03:39 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8918?
CVE-2026-8918 is a high vulnerability published on June 22, 2026. A permissive list of allowed inputs in ASUS Armoury Crate allows a local administrator to perform arbitrary memory read/write operations or cause a system crash (BSOD) by bypassing the validation mechanism.Refer to the ' Security Update for Armoury Crate App ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory…
When was CVE-2026-8918 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8918 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 22, 2026, with the most recent update on June 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8918 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8918 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 12.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8918?
CVE-2026-8918 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8918?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8918, 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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