CVE-2026-0827

Local Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary File Write in Lenovo Diagnostics and Vantage

Published Apr 15, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update Lenovo Diagnostics to version 5.26.0 or later.

Tracking

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Lenovo hardware Scan
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:hardware_scan:*:*:*:*:*:lenovo_vantage:*:*
Vendors & Products Lenovo hardware Scan
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary File Write in Lenovo Diagnostics and Vantage
Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
First Time appeared Lenovo
Lenovo diagnostics
Lenovo vantage
Weaknesses CWE-59
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:diagnostics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:vantage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Lenovo
Lenovo diagnostics
Lenovo vantage
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, '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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
lenovo
Published
Updated
Apr 15, 2026, 1:48 PM
Reserved
Jan 9, 2026, 7:19 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 15, 2026, 1:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 9:10 PM