CVE-2025-12046: Lenovo App Store · Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Affects Lenovo App StoreSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.5 High.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 10 Dec 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Lenovo App Store | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
- Restrict local user privileges to the minimum necessary to reduce the risk of local exploitation.
- Implement application whitelisting and restrict the directories from which DLLs can be loaded, enforcing strict path validation.
- Use tools such as Microsoft's Process Monitor to identify suspicious DLL loading behavior from untrusted paths.
- Employ endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions to monitor for anomalous DLL injection or loading activities.
- Educate users and administrators about the risks of local privilege escalation and the importance of physical and credential security.
- Regularly audit and harden system configurations to prevent unauthorized file placements in directories searched by vulnerable applications.
- Monitor Lenovo’s security advisories closely and apply official patches immediately upon release.
- Consider temporarily disabling or restricting use of the Lenovo App Store and Browser applications in sensitive environments until patches are available.
- Use Group Policy or other management tools to enforce secure DLL search order settings where applicable.
Description
A DLL hijacking vulnerability was reported in the Lenovo App Store and Lenovo Browser applications that could allow a local authenticated user to execute code with elevated privileges under certain conditions.