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CVE-2026-18759: ASUSTOR ABP · Improper Authentication

Affects ASUSTOR ABPSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.5 High.

Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 22:58 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 6% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 4 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
ASUSTOR Inc.ABPAffected
  • ≥ ABP 2.0, ≤ 2.0.7.10171
Fixed in–
ASUSTOR Inc.AESAffected
  • ≥ AES 1.0, ≤ 1.1.1.3113
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Until an official fix is released, restrict local user access to trusted users only and monitor for suspicious local activity related to ABP and AES services.

Description

CVE-2026-18759 is a high-severity local privilege escalation vulnerability in ASUSTOR Inc.'s ABP (ASUSTOR Backup Plan) and AES (ASUSTOR EZSync) products. The background service runs with NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges and uses a file-based IPC mechanism encrypted with AES. However, the encryption key file is accessible to standard users, allowing any authenticated local user to recover the key and forge valid IPC requests. The service also fails to verify the identity of requesting processes and uses insufficient substring checks for destination path validation. This enables attackers to perform arbitrary file reads and writes as SYSTEM, resulting in full local privilege escalation. Affected versions include ABP 2.0.7.10171 and earlier and AES 1.1.1.3113 and earlier.

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