CVE-2022-26668
📋 TL;DR
ASUS Control Center API has broken access control allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to call privileged API functions. This can lead to partial system operations or service disruption. Affects systems running vulnerable ASUS Control Center software.
💻 Affected Systems
- ASUS Control Center
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Unauthenticated attacker gains administrative control over affected systems, executes arbitrary commands, disrupts critical services, or manipulates system configurations.
Likely Case
Attackers perform unauthorized system operations, disrupt services, or manipulate configurations without authentication.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if proper network segmentation and access controls prevent external access to vulnerable API endpoints.
🎯 Exploit Status
Direct API calls without authentication required. No public exploit code identified in provided references.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Check ASUS advisory for specific patched version
Vendor Advisory: https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-6055-c6500-1.html
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Visit ASUS support website
2. Download latest ASUS Control Center update
3. Install update following vendor instructions
4. Restart system
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Network Segmentation
allRestrict network access to ASUS Control Center API endpoints
Use firewall rules to block external access to ASUS Control Center ports
Disable Unused Service
windowsTemporarily disable ASUS Control Center if not required
sc stop "ASUS Control Center Service"
sc config "ASUS Control Center Service" start= disabled
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network access controls to isolate affected systems
- Monitor for unauthorized API calls to ASUS Control Center endpoints
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check ASUS Control Center version against vendor advisory. Test if unauthenticated API calls to privileged endpoints succeed.Check Version:
Check ASUS Control Center About section or installed programs listVerify Fix Applied:
Verify ASUS Control Center is updated to patched version. Test that unauthenticated API calls now fail.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthenticated API calls to ASUS Control Center
- Unexpected system configuration changes
- Service disruption events
Network Indicators:
- Unusual traffic to ASUS Control Center API ports from unauthorized sources
SIEM Query:
source_ip NOT IN authorized_list AND destination_port IN (ASUS_Control_Center_ports)