# Improper initialization in an ASUS certain motherboard allows an physically proximate user to read or write arbitrary memory by inserting a specially crafted device. CVE record · `CVE-2026-93495` - **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-93495` - **State:** Confirmed - **Severity:** CVSS 7.0 High - **Critical:** No - **CNA:** ASUS - **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-665](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/665.html) - **Tags:** [CWE-665](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-665.md) - **Technologies:** [ASUS Motherboard(PRIME Z390-A )](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/asus-motherboard-prime-z390-a.md) · [ASUS Motherboard(PRIME Z390-A/H10 )](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/asus-motherboard-prime-z390-a-h10.md) · [ASUS Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO )](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/asus-motherboard-rog-maximus-xi-hero.md) · [ASUS Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI) )](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/asus-motherboard-rog-maximus-xi-hero-wi-fi.md) · [ASUS Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI FORMULA )](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/asus-motherboard-rog-maximus-xi-formula.md) · [ASUS Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI CODE )](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/asus-motherboard-rog-maximus-xi-code.md) · [ASUS Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI EXTREME )](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/asus-motherboard-rog-maximus-xi-extreme.md) · [ASUS Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI APEX )](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/asus-motherboard-rog-maximus-xi-apex.md) · [ASUS Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI GENE )](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/asus-motherboard-rog-maximus-xi-gene.md) · [ASUS Motherboard(ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING )](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/asus-motherboard-rog-strix-z390-e-gaming.md) · [ASUS Motherboard(ROG STRIX Z390-F GAMING )](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/asus-motherboard-rog-strix-z390-f-gaming.md) · [ASUS Motherboard(Pro WS C246-ACE )](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/asus-motherboard-pro-ws-c246-ace.md) · [ASUS Motherboard(WS Z390 PRO )](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/asus-motherboard-ws-z390-pro.md) - **Published:** 1 Oct 2026 - **Updated:** 5 Oct 2026 - **Reviewed by a person:** No Published by the CVE Program (CNA: ASUS) at 1 Oct 2026, 02:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. ## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them - Vendor: ASUS. Product: Motherboard(PRIME Z390-A ). - affected: `through 2101` (custom) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: ASUS. Product: Motherboard(PRIME Z390-A/H10 ). - affected: `through 2101` - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: ASUS. Product: Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO ). - affected: `through 2101` - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: ASUS. Product: Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI) ). - affected: `through 2101` - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: ASUS. Product: Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI FORMULA ). - affected: `through 2101` - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: ASUS. Product: Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI CODE ). - affected: `through 2101` - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: ASUS. Product: Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI EXTREME ). - affected: `through 2101` - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: ASUS. Product: Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI APEX ). - affected: `through 2101` - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: ASUS. Product: Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI GENE ). - affected: `through 2101` - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: ASUS. Product: Motherboard(ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING ). - affected: `through 2101` - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: ASUS. Product: Motherboard(ROG STRIX Z390-F GAMING ). - affected: `through 2101` - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: ASUS. Product: Motherboard(Pro WS C246-ACE ). - affected: `through 2101` - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: ASUS. Product: Motherboard(WS Z390 PRO ). - affected: `through 1401` - Other versions: unaffected ## Not analysed yet We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter. ## Severity and exploitation - 7.0 High, CVSS 4.0: `CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`, from CNA (ASUS) - **CISA KEV:** Not listed. - **EPSS:** 0.0016, the 5th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. ## Timeline This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 1 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them. ## Sources - [CVE List: CVE-2026-93495](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93495) - [NVD: CVE-2026-93495](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93495) ### References from the CNA - Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description. ## Check whether this affects you This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run. - With the agentprime MCP server (), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: - As JSON: - Everything that needs attention now: --- The web page: . Everything for agents: .