CVE-2025-59374

ASUS Live Update Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability

  • Critical 9.3
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 17 Dec 2025

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.

Key facts

Published
17 Dec 2025
Last changed
26 Feb 2026
Assigned by
ASUS
KEV added
17 Dec 2025
KEV fix due
7 Jan 2026
EPSS
1.207% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 68.832% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: yes; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 9.3CVSS 4.0, Criticalfrom the 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

What to do

  • 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 KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
ASUSlive update
  • Default status: unaffected
  • before 3.6.6 (affected)

Timeline

  1. 17 Dec 2025 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue
  2. 17 Dec 2025 Published

Weakness

References