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Riot Blocks Valorant Players Over BIOS Vulnerability Exploited by Cheaters

ID: 38ce5b34-6752-557b-b859-b2c20777993d

STIX ID: report--38ce5b34-6752-557b-b859-b2c20777993d

Feed Name: ThreatCluster

Threat Score
57/100

Date Published: 2025-12-22

Date Updated: 2026-03-31

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Riot Games identified a critical vulnerability in several motherboard BIOS implementations that allowed cheaters to bypass the Valorant anti-cheat via low-level code injection and DMA protection bypass; Riot collaborated with motherboard manufacturers to release BIOS updates that addressed the flaw and restored proper protection.

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