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CVE-2025-59374

CRITICAL9.8
CISA KEV

Published 2025-12-17 · Updated 2026-09-25 · Source 54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1

Summary

CVE-2025-59374 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in ASUS Live Update. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on December 17, 2025, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by January 7, 2026. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. ASUS has 3 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.

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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 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-506

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: ASUS — Live Update

Name: ASUS Live Update Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability

Date added: 2025-12-17 · Due: 2026-01-07

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

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