CVE-2026-0827 PUBLISHED

Assigner: lenovo
Reserved: 09.01.2026 Published: 15.04.2026 Updated: 15.04.2026

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.

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 6.9

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.1

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Lenovo
Product	Diagnostics
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 5.26.0 (excl.)

Vendor	Lenovo
Product	Vantage
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 4.7.1.4 (excl.)

Solutions

Update Vantage and Commercial Vantage HardwareScanAddin to version 4.7.1.4 or later. HardwareScanAddin is automatically updated by Lenovo Vantage and Lenovo Commercial Vantage.

Credits

Lenovo thanks Anas Hadane for subsequently reporting this vulnerability. finder

References

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-210693

Problem Types

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