CVE record · CVE-2026-93495

Improper initialization in an ASUS certain motherboard allows an physically proximate user to read or write arbitrary memory by inserting a specially crafted device.

CVSS 7.0 HighEPSS 0.0016 · 5th percentile

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	Product	Versions
ASUS	Motherboard(PRIME Z390-A )	affected through 2101 custom Other versions: unaffected
ASUS	Motherboard(PRIME Z390-A/H10 )	affected through 2101 Other versions: unaffected
ASUS	Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO )	affected through 2101 Other versions: unaffected
ASUS	Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI) )	affected through 2101 Other versions: unaffected
ASUS	Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI FORMULA )	affected through 2101 Other versions: unaffected
ASUS	Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI CODE )	affected through 2101 Other versions: unaffected
ASUS	Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI EXTREME )	affected through 2101 Other versions: unaffected
ASUS	Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI APEX )	affected through 2101 Other versions: unaffected
ASUS	Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI GENE )	affected through 2101 Other versions: unaffected
ASUS	Motherboard(ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING )	affected through 2101 Other versions: unaffected
ASUS	Motherboard(ROG STRIX Z390-F GAMING )	affected through 2101 Other versions: unaffected
ASUS	Motherboard(Pro WS C246-ACE )	affected through 2101 Other versions: unaffected
ASUS	Motherboard(WS Z390 PRO )	affected through 1401 Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers: CVE-2026-93495
CNA: ASUS
Weakness (CWE): CWE-665
Tags: ASUS Motherboard(PRIME Z390-A )
ASUS Motherboard(PRIME Z390-A/H10 )
ASUS Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO )
ASUS Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI) )
ASUS Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI FORMULA )
ASUS Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI CODE )
ASUS Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI EXTREME )
ASUS Motherboard(ROG MAXIMUS XI APEX )
CWE-665
Published: 1 Oct 2026
Updated: 5 Oct 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.0	High	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	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

References from the CNA

www.asus.com/security-advisory

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.