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TI-2016-06774 Aliases CVE-2016-8221GHSA-x22w-gfvm-wmxm

Access control flaw in Lenovo XClarity Administrator

Priority LOW 31CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

Privilege Escalation in Lenovo XClarity Administrator earlier than 1.2.0, if LXCA is used to manage rack switches or chassis with embedded input/output modules (IOMs), certain log files viewable by authenticated users may contain passwords for internal administrative LXCA accounts with temporary passwords that are used internally by LXCA code.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00305 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LenovoXClarity Administrator (LXCA)1.2.0—No fix listedCNA
  • XClarity Administrator (LXCA) VendorLenovo Affected 1.2.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:xclarity_administrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.1.1VulnerableLenovo
  • cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:xclarity_administrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.1.1 Vulnerable ·Lenovo

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-8221
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x22w-gfvm-wmxm

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2017-13070 OpenSLP releases in the 1.0.2 and 1.1.0 code streams have a heap-related memory… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-06786 Sensitive information in log files in Lenovo XClarity Administrator CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-02918 XML external entity injection in Lenovo XClarity Administrator CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2018-06582 Improper input validation in Lenovo xClarity Administrator CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2019-04361 Sensitive information in log files in Lenovo XClarity Administrator CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2018-06580 In Lenovo xClarity Administrator versions earlier than 2.1.0, an authenticated LXCA user… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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