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CVE-2026-16793 (GCVE-0-2026-16793)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-04 19:48 – Updated: 2026-08-05 14:48

Title

Remote Command Injection via OS Profile Password in Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator

Summary

An improper neutralization of special elements used in an operating system command vulnerability was reported in Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator (LXCO) 2.2.0 that could allow an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary operating system commands as a privileged user under a specific circumstance.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-78 - Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command ('OS command injection')
CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Assigner

lenovo

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://support.lenovo.com/my/en/solutions/ht5099…	productpatchrelease-notes

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Lenovo	XClarity Orchestrator	Affected: 0 , < 2.2.0 (custom)

Date Public

2026-08-04 13:00

Credits

Lenovo thanks Christopher Lusk of North Echo Security Research for reporting this vulnerability.

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GHSA-C9HP-JW76-R329

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-04 21:30 – Updated: 2026-08-04 21:30

Details

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2026-16793 (GCVE-0-2026-16793)

GHSA-C9HP-JW76-R329

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