# CVE-2026-36425: An issue in OPSWAT AppRemover Driver (ardrv.sys) v2017.10.02.1551 and earlier in IOCTL handler 0x2420031.

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2026-07-16 · Updated: 2026-07-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue in OPSWAT AppRemover Driver (ardrv.sys) v2017.10.02.1551 and earlier in IOCTL handler 0x2420031. Any local user can open the device and send process termination requests without privilege validation.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/2248347b2ec49f07268a44816ebb6265677093ec277f825de1a76700ab25e3bc
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/07c5209bf83065fe760f4fee4ed2308b0c523671f68ca73a3854c2c8c28c0541
- https://www.opswat.com/products/oesis-framework/application-removal
- https://github.com/redteamfortress/CVE-2026-36425
- https://github.com/gongchuang1089/EDRKiller

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