Vulnerability · CVE-2026-8070
Incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource in Armoury Crate allows a local user to bypass the driver’s validation mechanism, resulting in unauthorized rea…
Published May 29, 2026 · catalog updated Sep 17, 2026 · the affected product
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-8070. EPSS is 0.11%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.3
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.11%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- See sources for product scope
Incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource in Armoury Crate allows a local user to bypass the driver’s validation mechanism, resulting in unauthorized read and write access to physical memory.Refer to the ' Security Update for Armoury Crate App ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.
No affected version ranges are stored yet. Use the vendor advisory before you decide this record does not apply.
How to fix CVE-2026-8070
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-8070. EPSS is 0.11%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. EPSS 0.11%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 29, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
Incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource in Armoury Crate allows a local user to bypass the driver’s validation mechanism, resulting in unauthorized read and write access to physical memory.Refer to the ' Security Update for Armoury Crate App ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.
Sep 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource in Armoury Crate allows a local user to bypass the driver’s validation mechanism, resulting in unauthorized read and write access to physical memory.Refer to the ' Security Update for Armoury Crate App ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-8070
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-8070
30-day exploitation probability 0.1%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-8070
Incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource in Armoury Crate allows a local user to bypass the driver’s validation mechanism, resulting in unauthorized read and write access to physical memory.Refer to the ' Security Update for Armoury Crate App ' section on the AS
nvd.nist.gov
References
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.