7.1highHigh
CVE-2026-0827
Lenovo Diagnostics
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.
Exploitation status
- A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.
What the metrics mean
- It is requires local access to the machine.
- For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
- To exploit it, an ordinary user account is needed.
- Beyond that, no action by a user is required.
Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.1 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H- CVSS v4
- 6.9
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Assigned by
- psirt@lenovo.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-04-15
- Last modified
- 2026-08-24
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Lenovo Diagnostics- 5.26.0
- Lenovo Hardware Scan- 4.7.1.4
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.