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.
Published: 2026-04-15
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Local Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary File Write
Action: Immediate Patch
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update Lenovo Diagnostics to version 5.26.0 or later.

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History

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:45:00 +0000

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

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:45:00 +0000

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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'}


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Lenovo Diagnostics Vantage
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: lenovo

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-15T13:48:06.089Z

Reserved: 2026-01-09T19:19:57.946Z

Link: CVE-2026-0827

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-15T13:46:37.238Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-04-15T13:16:23.097

Modified: 2026-04-17T15:09:46.880

Link: CVE-2026-0827

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-15T13:38:28Z

Weaknesses