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CVE-2026-8920

Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints and External Control of File Name or Path in Aura Wallpaper Service allow a local user to perform file operations by sending crafted commands containing an arbitrary file path and bypassing the service’s path restrictions . On specific models , this can also cause a single feature to become unavailable . Refer to the ' Security Update for Aura Wallpaper Service ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:db497d983761412a99baf1e9a4571f60803679107e3f1ea6a572761b88b3305b
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-923","description":"CWE-923: Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:84a573adb340079615eb083ae372e5f3014012a167390bded46d67faf05564d6 · sha256:09fb723a949c5df7… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

{"cweId":"CWE-73","description":"CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:84a573adb340079615eb083ae372e5f3014012a167390bded46d67faf05564d6 · sha256:09fb723a949c5df7… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Aura Wallpaper Service","vendor":"ASUS","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"v2.1.15.0","status":"affected","version":"v2.1.8.0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:84a573adb340079615eb083ae372e5f3014012a167390bded46d67faf05564d6 · sha256:09fb723a949c5df7… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":8.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HI…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:84a573adb340079615eb083ae372e5f3014012a167390bded46d67faf05564d6 · sha256:09fb723a949c5df7… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

2 source assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-923","description":"CWE-923: Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:84a573adb340079615eb083ae372e5f3014012a167390bded46d67faf05564d6 · sha256:09fb723a949c5df7… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-73","description":"CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:84a573adb340079615eb083ae372e5f3014012a167390bded46d67faf05564d6 · sha256:09fb723a949c5df7… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"url":"https://www.asus.com/security-advisory/"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:84a573adb340079615eb083ae372e5f3014012a167390bded46d67faf05564d6 · sha256:09fb723a949c5df7… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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