CVE-2026-8917
Local IOCTL bug in ASUS utilities allows arbitrary memory write and privilege escalation.
Is CVE-2026-8917 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-8917 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.11% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-8917?
CVE-2026-8917 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.4. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-8917?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-8917. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-8917 affect?
CVE-2026-8917 affects ASUS GPU Tweak III, GPU Tweak II, AI Suite 3, VGAdll, and 1 further product or version. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-8917?
Apply ASUS security updates or uninstall/disable affected utilities until patched.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Local attacker can use a crafted IOCTL to write a value to arbitrary memory, enabling local privilege escalation to SYSTEM/ROOT.
Patch when possible
- affected<= V2.1.2.0
- affected<= V2.4.0.0
- affected<= V2.1.1.7
- affected<= V0.0.7.8
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.