---
id: "CVE-2025-59374"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2025-59374"]
title: "\"UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED\" Certain versions of the ASUS Live Update client were distributed with unauthorized\u2026"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 9.8
epss: null
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
products: [{"name": "asus live update", "fixed": ["3.6.8"], "affected": "< 3.6.8", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "ASUS Live Update", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["asus", "end-user-devices", "exploited", "vendor", "windows"]
not_affected_if: ["no-asus-live-update-installed"]
published_at: "2025-12-17T00:00:00+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-24T00:09:50+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2025-59374", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59374", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T23:44:51+00:00"}]
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# "UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED" Certain versions of the ASUS Live Update client were distributed with unauthorized…

ASUS Live Update, the updater software shipped with ASUS PCs, was distributed in modified builds after a supply chain compromise. Devices that match specific targeting conditions could be made to run unintended actions.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:asus live update affected < 3.6.8 fixed 3.6.8
- vendor:ASUS Live Update affected ? fixed ?

## How to check

Check whether ASUS Live Update is installed on Windows machines (look for LiveUpdate.exe or the ASUS Live Update app in installed programs).

## Fix

Discontinue use of ASUS Live Update if no vendor mitigation is available, per CISA guidance.
Apply vendor mitigations per ASUS instructions; the sources do not give fixed versions.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2025-59374
- 2026-10-23T23:44:51+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59374

## From the sources

ASUS Live Update contains an embedded malicious code vulnerability 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. The impacted product could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization.

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.

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