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High severity · published Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2026-0827
During an internal security assessment, a potential vulnerability was discovered in Lenovo Diagnostics and the HardwareScanAddin used in Lenovo Vantage that, during installation…
7.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DI
Diagnostics · Lenovo
before 5.26.0 · source: vendor, NVD
VA
Vantage · Lenovo
before 4.7.1.4 · source: vendor
HS
Hardware Scan · Lenovo
before 4.7.1.4 · source: NVD
Affected product
DI
Diagnostics
Lenovo
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0827
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0827
Vendor Advisory
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-210693
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