VulnerabilityPublished 11 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-1716: Lenovo Vantage · Argument Injection

Affects Lenovo VantageSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium : upgrade to 1.0.8.15 when convenient.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score

6.9Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 4% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 1.0.8.15

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

Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Attack Requirements: None
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Vulnerable system confidentiality: None
Vulnerable system integrity: High
Vulnerable system availability: High
Subsequent system confidentiality: None
Subsequent system integrity: None
Subsequent system availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Local: The vulnerable system is not bound to the network stack and the attacker’s path is via read/write/execute capabilities. Either the attacker exploits the vulnerability by accessing the target system locally (e.g., keyboard, console), or through terminal emulation (e.g., SSH); or the attacker relies on User Interaction by another person to perform actions required to exploit the vulnerability (e.g., using social engineering techniques to trick a legitimate user into opening a malicious document).
Attack Complexity: Low: The attacker must take no measurable action to exploit the vulnerability. The attack requires no target-specific circumvention to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable system.
Attack Requirements: None: The successful attack does not depend on the deployment and execution conditions of the vulnerable system. The attacker can expect to be able to reach the vulnerability and execute the exploit under all or most instances of the vulnerability.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker requires privileges that provide basic capabilities that are typically limited to settings and resources owned by a single low-privileged user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges has the ability to access only non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without interaction from any human user, other than the attacker.
Vulnerable system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system integrity: High: There is a total loss of integrity, or a complete loss of protection. For example, the attacker is able to modify any/all files protected by the vulnerable system. Alternatively, only some files can be modified, but malicious modification would present a direct, serious consequence to the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability: High: There is a total loss of availability, resulting in the attacker being able to fully deny access to resources in the Vulnerable System; this loss is either sustained (while the attacker continues to deliver the attack) or persistent (the condition persists even after the attack has completed). Alternatively, the attacker has the ability to deny some availability, but the loss of availability presents a direct, serious consequence to the Vulnerable System (e.g., the attacker cannot disrupt existing connections, but can prevent new connections; the attacker can repeatedly exploit a vulnerability that, in each instance of a successful attack, leaks a only small amount of memory, but after repeated exploitation causes a service to become completely unavailable).
Subsequent system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Subsequent System or all confidentiality impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Subsequent System or all integrity impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Subsequent System or all availability impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v4.0 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 11 Mar 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: 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 30 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade Vantage and Baiying to 1.0.8.15.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
LenovoVantage	Affected <1.0.8.15	Fixed in 1.0.8.15
LenovoBaiying	Affected <1.0.8.15	Fixed in 1.0.8.15

AI-suggested

1. 2. Restrict local user privileges to the minimum necessary, preventing unauthorized users from gaining authenticated local access. 3. Implement application whitelisting and endpoint protection solutions that can detect or block unauthorized registry modifications. 4. Regularly audit and monitor critical registry keys for unexpected changes to detect potential exploitation attempts early. 5. Use group policies or system hardening techniques to limit the ability of local users to execute or inject commands into privileged components like DeviceSettingsSystemAddin. 6. Educate users about the risks of local credential compromise and enforce strong authentication mechanisms to reduce the risk of unauthorized local access. 7. Consider isolating or segmenting Lenovo devices in sensitive environments to limit the impact of potential exploitation.

Description

CVE-2026-1716 is a medium severity vulnerability in Lenovo Vantage and Lenovo Baiying's DeviceSettingsSystemAddin component. It involves improper neutralization of argument delimiters (CWE-88), allowing a local authenticated user to perform argument injection. Exploiting this flaw enables deletion of arbitrary registry keys with elevated privileges, potentially impacting system integrity and stability. The vulnerability requires local authentication but no user interaction and has no known exploits in the wild. It affects Lenovo Vantage installations globally, especially where Lenovo devices are widely used. Mitigations include applying vendor patches once available, restricting local user privileges, and monitoring registry changes. The threat is significant for organizations relying on Lenovo hardware management tools, particularly in enterprise environments. The CVSS 4.0 base score is 6.9, reflecting medium severity due to the local attack vector and high impact on integrity and availability.

Impact

The primary impact of CVE-2026-1716 is on system integrity and availability. By allowing deletion of arbitrary registry keys with elevated privileges, attackers can disrupt system configurations, disable security controls, or cause system instability and crashes. This can lead to denial of service conditions or facilitate further privilege escalation or persistence mechanisms. Since the vulnerability requires local authenticated access, the threat is mostly from insider threats or attackers who have already compromised a user account on the device. Organizations with Lenovo hardware running Vantage or Baiying software are at risk, especially in environments where multiple users have local access or where endpoint security is weak. The vulnerability could be leveraged in targeted attacks against enterprises, government agencies, or critical infrastructure using Lenovo devices. Although no exploits are currently known, the ease of exploitation and potential damage to system stability make this a significant concern.

Summary

CVE-2026-1716 is a vulnerability identified in the DeviceSettingsSystemAddin component used by Lenovo Vantage and Lenovo Baiying software. The root cause is improper neutralization of argument delimiters in command inputs, classified under CWE-88 (Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command, also known as argument injection). This flaw allows a local authenticated user to inject malicious arguments into commands executed by the vulnerable component. As a result, an attacker can delete arbitrary Windows registry keys with elevated privileges, bypassing intended access controls. The vulnerability does not require user interaction and has a low attack complexity, but it does require the attacker to have local authenticated access to the system. The impact on confidentiality is minimal, but the integrity and availability of the system are significantly affected because critical registry keys can be deleted, potentially destabilizing the operating system or installed applications. The vulnerability was published on March 11, 2026, with a CVSS 4.0 score of 6.9, indicating medium severity. No known exploits are currently reported in the wild, and no patches have been linked yet. The vulnerability affects all versions of Lenovo Vantage as indicated, and it is important for organizations using Lenovo devices with this software to be aware and prepare mitigations.

CWE-88Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command (Argument Injection) (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessOWASP Top 10 A05:2025: Injection (opens in a new tab)
The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string.
Implementation · Parameterization
Where possible, avoid building a single string that contains the command and its arguments. Some languages or frameworks have functions that support specifying independent arguments, e.g. as an array, which is used to automatically perform the appropriate quoting or escaping while building the command.
Architecture and Design · Input Validation
Understand all the potential areas where untrusted inputs can enter your product: parameters or arguments, cookies, anything read from the network, environment variables, request headers as well as content, URL components, e-mail, files, databases, and any external systems that provide data to the application.
Implementation · Input Validation
Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)
Deserialization (opens in a new tab)
Injection Prevention (opens in a new tab)
SQL Injection Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Injection Prevention in Java (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V1.5.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Flash Parameter Injection (opens in a new tab)
Using Meta-characters in E-mail Headers to Inject Malicious Payloads (opens in a new tab)
HTTP Parameter Pollution (HPP) (opens in a new tab)
OS Command Injection (opens in a new tab)
Parameter Injection (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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WeaknessesCWE-88

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