CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-59374

9.3 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2025-12-17 Modified 2026-09-25 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

ASUS Live Update Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability — ASUS Live Update

ASUS Live Update contains an embedded malicious code vulnerability client were distributed with unauthorized modifications introduced through a supply chain compromise. The modified builds could cause devices meeting specific targeting conditions to perform unintended actions. The impacted product could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization.

Added to KEV: 2025-12-17
Remediation due: 2026-01-07
Ransomware use: Unknown
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes: https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1018727/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59374

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2025-12-17
Last modified: 2026-09-25
Assigner: 54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1
CVSS 4.0 (54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1): 9.3 CRITICAL — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses: CWE-506

Description

"UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED" Certain versions of the ASUS Live Update client were distributed with unauthorized modifications introduced through a supply chain compromise. The modified builds could cause devices meeting specific targeting conditions to perform unintended actions. Only devices that met these conditions and installed the compromised versions were affected. The Live Update client has already reached End-of-Support (EOS) in October 2021, and no currently supported devices or products are affected by this issue.

Affected configurations

• asus live update (< 3.6.8)

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code weakness

References