{"id":"CVE-2026-0827","title":"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 authentica…","summary":"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 authentica…","severity":"high","cvss":7.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-59"],"vendor":"lenovo","product":"diagnostics","affected":["diagnostics < 5.26.0","hardware_scan < 4.7.1.4"],"patched":["diagnostics 5.26.0","hardware_scan 4.7.1.4"],"published":"2026-04-15","updated":"2026-08-24","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0827","references":[{"url":"https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-210693","label":"psirt@lenovo.com"}],"tags":["nvd","exploit-available"],"epss":0.00212,"epssPercentile":0.11803,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-24T18:09:09.940Z","exploits":{"github":1,"githubRepos":["https://github.com/ZeroMemoryEx/CVE-2026-0827"],"checkedAt":"2026-09-21T15:27:50.035Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"slug":"CVE-2026-0827","body":"## Overview\n\nDuring 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `diagnostics < 5.26.0`\n- `hardware_scan < 4.7.1.4`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `diagnostics 5.26.0`\n- `hardware_scan 4.7.1.4`","depth":"midnight","depthScore":51,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":39.1,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":4929,"id":"CVE-2026-0827","ts":1788887216308,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":3812,"id":"CVE-2026-0827","ts":1788886338866,"field":"exploit_available","old":"true","new":"false"},{"seq":2652,"id":"CVE-2026-0827","ts":1788883014075,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":1681,"id":"CVE-2026-0827","ts":1788882418337,"field":"exploit_available","old":"true","new":"false"},{"seq":789,"id":"CVE-2026-0827","ts":1788881851902,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}