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ASUSCVE-2026-16727

ASUS Armoury Crate: race condition

High7.3CVE-2026-16727 · Published Jul 30, 2026 · updated Jul 31, 2026

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (“Race Condition”) in ASUS Armoury Crate allows a local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges via a crafted file replacement. Refer to the ' Security Update for ASUS Armoury Crate ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

ASUS advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Armoury Crate
Product
>= V5.4.1, <= V6.4.12No fix yet
Details and references
CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-362

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