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GHSA-2MV9-V6Q7-X773

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-15 15:31 – Updated: 2026-04-15 15:31

Details

During an internal security assessment, a potential vulnerability was discovered in Lenovo Diagnostics and the HardwareScanAddin used in Lenovo Vantage that, during installation or when using hardware scan, could allow a local authenticated user to perform an arbitrary file write with elevated privileges.

Severity

7.1 (High)


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

6.9 (Medium)


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

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  "modified": "2026-04-15T15:31:42Z",
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CVE-2026-0827 (GCVE-0-2026-0827)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-15 12:27 – Updated: 2026-04-15 13:48

Summary

Severity

6.9 (Medium)


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

7.1 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-04-15 13:46 UTC

CWE

CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Assigner

lenovo mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Lenovo	Diagnostics	Affected: 0 , < 5.26.0 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:diagnostics::::::::
Lenovo	Vantage	Affected: 0 , < 4.7.1.4 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:vantage::::::::

Credits

Lenovo thanks Anas Hadane for subsequently reporting this vulnerability.

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