ASUS Live Update Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability

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• cpe asus/live updateversion unspecified
• vendor ASUS Live Updateversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-59374

• Recommended remediation

  Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA due date Jan 7, 2026.

• Official advisories

  • CISA KEV · cisa.gov
  • CVE.org · cve.org
  • FIRST EPSS · first.org
  • NIST NVD · nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEV · vulncheck.com

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

1. Dec 16, 2025 · Catalog

   Detected

   "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

2. Dec 17, 2025 · CISA KEV

   Known exploited

   Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

3. Jan 7, 2026 · CISA KEV

   Remediation due

   Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

4. Sep 25, 2026 · Catalog

   Updated

   "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

Sources

• CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-59374

  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.

  cisa.gov
• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-59374

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-59374

  30-day exploitation probability 1.2%

  first.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-59374

  "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.

  nvd.nist.gov
• VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-59374

  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. Th

  vulncheck.com

References

• CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
• Vendor Advisory · asus.com
• CISA note · asus.com
• US Government Resource · cisa.gov
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · loginsoft.com
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · recordedfuture.com

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.