---
id: CVE-2026-15029
title: >-
  Untrusted Pointer Dereference in ASUS System Control Interface v3, ASUS System
  Control Interface, and ASUS Business Manager allows a local administrator to
  perform arbitrary physical memory read and write operations via crafted IOCTL
  req…
summary: >-
  Untrusted Pointer Dereference in ASUS System Control Interface v3, ASUS System
  Control Interface, and ASUS Business Manager allows a local administrator to
  perform arbitrary physical memory read and write operations via crafted IOCTL
  req…
severity: high
cvss: 8.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-822
vendor: ASUS
product: System Control Interface v3
affected:
  - system_control_interface_v3 before v3.1.65.0
  - system_control_interface before v1.1.40.0
  - business_manager through v3.0.38.0
published: '2026-07-15'
updated: '2026-09-17'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-17T09:16:39.017'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15029'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.asus.com/security-advisory'
    label: 54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.0017
epssPercentile: 0.067
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-07-15T14:23:25.873147Z'
cvssSource: cna
ingestedAt: '2026-09-17T09:14:58.447Z'
---

## Overview

Untrusted Pointer Dereference in ASUS System Control Interface v3, ASUS System Control Interface, and ASUS Business Manager allows a local administrator to perform arbitrary physical memory read and write operations via crafted IOCTL requests to the driver, bypassing OS-enforced memory protections.
Refer to the ' 
Security Update for ASUS System Control Interface  ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
