Vulnerability details
CVE-2025-59374
Actively exploitedRemedy
Required action (CISA): Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. (due: 2026-01-07)
Official 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.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3Critical | 4.0 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (ASUS) | 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 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASUS | live update | before 3.6.6 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
2- https://www.asus.com/news/hqfgvuyz6uyayje1/ vendor-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-59374 government-resource
Details
- Published
- 2025-12-17
- Last updated
- 2026-02-26
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- ASUS
- Kolun priority
- 71 · High
CISA KEV catalog
- Date added
- 2025-12-17
- Due date
- 2026-01-07
- Used in ransomware
- Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- Yes
- Exploitation
- Active
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-506Embedded Malicious Code