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High · 7.1 Public exploit CVE-2026-0827 EUVD-2026-22918GHSA-2mv9-v6q7-x773

During an internal security assessment, a potential vulnerability was discovered in Lenovo Diagnostics and the HardwareScanAddin used in Le…

Published Apr 15, 2026 · Updated Apr 15, 2026 · Assigned by lenovo

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Lenovo Diagnostics < 5.26.0 5.26.0
Lenovo Vantage < 4.7.1.4 4.7.1.4

Public exploits

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