Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-13585

DoS

DoS
Published
15 July 2026
Modified
21 July 2026
CVSS Score v4 8.2
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:H/SI:N/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0031 23th percentile
Risk Priority 27 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-13585 is a high-severity Sensitive Information in Resource Not Removed Before Reuse (CWE-226) vulnerability in Asus (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Network Denial of Service (T1498); ranked at the 23th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-10 (Concurrent Session Control) and MP-6 (Media Sanitization) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Allocation of Resources Without Limits and Throttling and Sensitive Information in Resource Not Removed Before Reuse in the ASUS System Control Interface driver and ASUS Business Manager allow a local administrator to disclose sensitive information via crafted IOCTL requests, which,…

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in severe cases, may lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) on the system. Refer to the ' Security Update for ASUS System Control Interface ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

CWE(s)
CWE-226CWE-770

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1498 Network Denial of Service Impact
Adversaries may perform Network Denial of Service (DoS) attacks to degrade or block the availability of targeted resources to users.
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T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service Impact
Adversaries may perform Endpoint Denial of Service (DoS) attacks to degrade or block the availability of services to users.
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T1499.003 Application Exhaustion Flood Impact
Adversaries may target resource intensive features of applications to cause a denial of service (DoS), denying availability to those applications.
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T1003 OS Credential Dumping Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump credentials to obtain account login and credential material, normally in the form of a hash or a clear text password.
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T1498.001 Direct Network Flood Impact
Adversaries may attempt to cause a denial of service (DoS) by directly sending a high-volume of network traffic to a target.
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T1498.002 Reflection Amplification Impact
Adversaries may attempt to cause a denial of service (DoS) by reflecting a high-volume of network traffic to a target.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

Asus
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 9 hardening rules · 4 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V14.2.8
  • V14.3.1
  • V15.4.4

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-10 Concurrent Session Control good match

Directly enforces a hard limit on concurrent sessions, structurally preventing unbounded resource allocation.

MP-6 Media Sanitization good match

MP-6 requires sanitization of media before release for reuse, directly stopping sensitive data from remaining in resources made available to others.

SC-4 Information in Shared System Resources good match

SC-4 requires preventing unintended information transfer through shared system resources such as memory, which is achieved by clearing data before reuse.

SC-6 Resource Availability good match

Requires explicit allocation of resources by priority or quota, directly stopping unlimited allocation.

AC-7 Unsuccessful Logon Attempts partial match

Imposes a limit on consecutive invalid attempts, preventing one specific class of unbounded resource consumption.

SC-5 Denial-of-service Protection partial match

Reduces impact of resulting DoS events without preventing the underlying lack of allocation limits.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.DS-10 full match
prevents

Explicit example calls for removing confidential data (e.g., from process memory) after use, directly preventing reuse of uncleared resources.

PR.IR-04 mostly match
degrades

Monitoring capacity and taking action to maintain availability directly reduces unchecked resource allocation.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.10 Information deletion full match
degrades

Explicitly requires secure deletion of information before resources are reused or disposed.

A.7.14 Secure disposal or re-use of equipment mostly match
prevents

Mandates secure disposal or re-use of equipment, covering media sanitization but not in-memory reuse.

A.8.16 Monitoring activities mostly match
finds

Baseline comparison of CPU, memory and bandwidth usage helps surface uncontrolled resource allocations before they cause service degradation.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can detect failures to sanitize resources before reuse.

A.8.6 Capacity management mostly match
prevents

Capacity projections and elasticity measures ensure that allocation requests are bounded and can be throttled, reducing the window in which an attacker can force unbounded resource reservations.

A.8.13 Information backup partial match
mitigates

Defining retention periods and deletion schedules for backup copies prevents indefinite accumulation of data on storage media without corresponding resource-management controls.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Oracle Linux 8 (3 rules)
  • V-248552 OL 8 must be configured so that all network connections associated with SSH traffic terminate after becoming unresponsive. prevents CWE-770
  • V-248553 OL 8 must be configured so that all network connections associated with SSH traffic are terminated after 10 minutes of becoming unresponsive. prevents CWE-770
  • V-248579 OL 8 must restrict access to the kernel message buffer. prevents CWE-226
Oracle Linux 9 (3 rules)
  • V-271710 OL 9 must be configured so that all network connections associated with SSH traffic are terminated after 10 minutes of becoming unresponsive. prevents CWE-770
  • V-271709 OL 9 must be configured so that all network connections associated with SSH traffic terminate after becoming unresponsive. prevents CWE-770
  • V-271745 OL 9 must restrict access to the kernel message buffer. prevents CWE-226
RHEL 8 (2 rules)
  • V-230244 RHEL 8 must be configured so that all network connections associated with SSH traffic terminate after becoming unresponsive. prevents CWE-770
  • V-230269 RHEL 8 must restrict access to the kernel message buffer. prevents CWE-226
RHEL 9 (1 rule)
  • V-257797 RHEL 9 must restrict access to the kernel message buffer. prevents CWE-226

References