{"id":1201968,"date":"2026-02-19T11:21:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6yQKiqEoek63UNz4DRYDE5"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:21:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:21:52","slug":"the-asus-tool-pc-gamers-use-to-update-drivers-fix-bugs-and-improve-security-turns-out-to-have-a-bit-of-a-security-issue-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-asus-tool-pc-gamers-use-to-update-drivers-fix-bugs-and-improve-security-turns-out-to-have-a-bit-of-a-security-issue-itself\/","title":{"rendered":"The Asus tool PC gamers use to update drivers, fix bugs, and improve security, turns out to have a bit of a security issue itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Driver updates\u2014yes, I know they&#8217;re not fun, but we&#8217;ve all got to do them. At the very least, they&#8217;re somewhat less nerve-wracking than a BIOS update; I know I really should do those more often, too, but the thought of something going awry part-way through just makes me queasy. Asus at least has a driver tool called DriverHub to make things easier. Unfortunately, a recent Hub bug may have left the back door open to hackers.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve got an Asus motherboard or an otherwise prebuilt system, you should update DriverHub <em>now, <\/em>as your system may be at risk of a remote code execution attack (via <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/news\/asus-driver-tool-security-flaw-hackers-remote-access-pc-update-asap\" target=\"_blank\">Hot Hardware<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, DriverHub acts like an open network server in your machine, looking for HTTP requests and validating the ones that directly come from <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"http:\/\/driverhub.asus.com\" target=\"_blank\">driverhub.asus.com<\/a>. Unfortunately, if we think of DriverHub as a somewhat exclusive club, it needs to fire its bouncer as it will also let in driverhub.asus.com.but.with.funny.glasses.and.a.trenchcoat.com.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out this driver tool is not as secure as anyone would like. If someone were to set up my aforementioned, creatively named domain, all they&#8217;d then need to do would be to upload a file containing a genuine Asus installer with administrator permissions alongside malicious files of their choice. This is because DriveHub only validates the digital signature of the installer, but none of the files that the executable is hoping to install on your system.<\/p>\n<p>To deploy the club metaphor once more, DriveHub&#8217;s bouncer waves in someone who is clearly not Asus, and then the security at bag check looks them over, goes, &#8216;Yup, that&#8217;s definitely a very fashionable trenchcoat,&#8217; but doesn&#8217;t look in any of their pockets. The impostor then saunters towards the VIP room to make a royal mess that I definitely wouldn&#8217;t want to be tasked with cleaning up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2560px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"erzRVxyLp9isLADsFtKRye\" name=\"01_asus_rog_maximus_z890_hero_image\" alt=\"A close up photo of the Asus ROG Maximus Z890 Hero motherboard\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-asus-tool-pc-gamers-use-to-update-drivers-fix-bugs-and-improve-security-turns-out-to-have-a-bit-of-a-security-issue-itself.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unfortunately, this party-crashing bug isn&#8217;t as new or as surprising as some might hope. A security researcher going by the handle MrBruh recently <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mrbruh.com\/asusdriverhub\/\" target=\"_blank\">detailed the vulnerability<\/a> before disclosing it to Asus. However, it turns out the company may have known about the issue as early as February after another researcher, &#8220;leonjza&#8221;, also brought it to their attention.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the vulnerability was registered with NIST as <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nvd.nist.gov\/vuln\/detail\/CVE-2025-3462\" target=\"_blank\">CVE-2025-3462<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nvd.nist.gov\/vuln\/detail\/CVE-2025-3463\" target=\"_blank\">CVE-2025-3463<\/a> last week, and both have the dubious honour of a high CVSS-B score (8.4 and 9.4 respectively).<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, it&#8217;s easy enough to update from within DriverHub itself. Alternatively, if you had already turned off automatic update installs directly within your BIOS, thereby likely avoiding the bug, you&#8217;re allowed to feel just a bit smug.<\/p>\n<p>As much as I&#8217;d rather put off BIOS updates\u2014especially after writing about this <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/100-hour-bios-update-that-garnered-88-000-livestream-views-ends-with-a-cut-to-black\/\" target=\"_blank\">ill-fated 100-hour update<\/a> recently\u2014I should probably get comfortable poking around in there myself. Turning off automatic installation might present a bit of a faff in the short term, but with <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/graphics-cards\/nvidia-has-just-released-yet-another-gpu-driver-hotfix-to-add-further-fixes-to-the-other-hotfix-driver-it-released-last-week-and-it-still-hasnt-really-fixed-things\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nvidia issuing GPU driver hotfixes<\/a> to earlier hotfixes that also fail to fix, it might just be worth my while.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"3b73e705-b2ad-4175-b661-be555ed56822\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Best CPU for gaming\" data-dimension48=\"Best CPU for gaming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6YnzywGGRfcnNjLz2FRjx9\" name=\"1646306533.jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-asus-tool-pc-gamers-use-to-update-drivers-fix-bugs-and-improve-security-turns-out-to-have-a-bit-of-a-security-issue-itself-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-cpu-for-gaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"3b73e705-b2ad-4175-b661-be555ed56822\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Best CPU for gaming\" data-dimension48=\"Best CPU for gaming\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Best CPU for gaming<\/strong><\/a>: Top chips from Intel and AMD.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-gaming-motherboards\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best gaming motherboard<\/strong><\/a>: The right boards.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-graphics-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best graphics card<\/strong><\/a>: Your perfect pixel-pusher awaits.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-ssd-for-gaming\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best SSD for gaming<\/strong><\/a>: Get into the game first.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/the-asus-tool-pc-gamers-use-to-update-drivers-fix-bugs-and-improve-security-turns-out-to-have-a-bit-of-a-security-issue-itself\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driver updates\u2014yes, I know they&#8217;re not fun, but we&#8217;ve all got to do them. At the very least, they&#8217;re somewhat less nerve-wracking than a BIOS update; I know I really should do those more often, too, but the thought of something going awry part-way through just makes me queasy. Asus at least has a driver tool called DriverHub to make things easier. Unfortunately, a recent Hub bug may have left the back door open to hackers. If you&#8217;ve got an Asus motherboard or an otherwise prebuilt system, you should update DriverHub now, as your system may be at risk of a remote code execution attack (via Hot Hardware). Simply put, DriverHub acts like an open network server in your machine, looking for HTTP requests and&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-asus-tool-pc-gamers-use-to-update-drivers-fix-bugs-and-improve-security-turns-out-to-have-a-bit-of-a-security-issue-itself\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1201969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-1201968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-hardware"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Asus tool PC gamers use to update drivers, fix bugs, and improve security, turns out to have a bit of a security issue itself | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Driver updates\u2014yes, I know they&#039;re not fun, but we&#039;ve all got to do them. 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