# CVE-2025-59374: ASUS Live Update Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability

> CVE-2025-59374: ASUS Live Update Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability. CVSS 9.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-59374
Last updated: 2026-09-25T23:10:00Z

- Published: 2025-12-17 04:27 UTC · Updated: 2026-09-25 23:10 UTC · Assigner: ASUS
- CVSS: 9.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Critical · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 1.2%, 68th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2025-12-17, federal due date 2026-01-07, ransomware use: Unknown
- CWE: CWE-506

## 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.

## CISA 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.

## Affected vendors and products

- ASUS: live update

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59374)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59374)
- [https://www.asus.com/news/hqfgvuyz6uyayje1/](https://www.asus.com/news/hqfgvuyz6uyayje1/)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-59374 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-59374.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-59374 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:11:15.731Z