CVE-2026-23763: VB-Audio Software Matrix · Resource Exposure
Affects VB-Audio Software MatrixSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.5 High.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 5% 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:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 22 Jan 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 2026-10-25.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| VB-Audio SoftwareMatrix | Affected
| Fixed in– |
| VB-Audio SoftwareMatrix Coconut | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Until a patch is available, restrict local access to trusted users only and monitor for suspicious activity related to the VBMatrix VAIO driver. Avoid running untrusted code locally on affected systems.
Description
VB-Audio Matrix and Matrix Coconut (versions ending in 1.0.2.2 and 2.0.2.2 and earlier, respectively), contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the VBMatrix VAIO virtual audio driver (vbmatrixvaio64*_win10.sys). The driver allocates a 128-byte non-paged pool buffer and, upon receiving IOCTL 0x222060, maps it into user space using an MDL and MmMapLockedPagesSpecifyCache. Because the allocation size is not page-aligned, the mapping exposes the entire 0x1000-byte kernel page containing the buffer plus adjacent non-paged pool allocations with read/write permissions. An unprivileged local attacker can open a device handle (using the required 0x800 attribute flag), invoke the IOCTL to obtain the mapping, and then read or modify live kernel objects and pointers present on that page. This enables bypass of KASLR, arbitrary kernel memory read/write within the exposed page, corruption of kernel objects, and escalation to SYSTEM.
References
- github.com/emkaix/security-research/tree/main/CVE-2026-23763 (opens in a new tab)
- forum.vb-audio.com/viewtopic.php?p=7574 (opens in a new tab)
- forum.vb-audio.com/viewtopic.php?p=7527 (opens in a new tab)
- vb-audio.com (opens in a new tab)
- vulncheck.com/advisories/vb-audio-matrix-drivers-local-privilege-escalation-via-kernel-memory-exposure (opens in a new tab)