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TI-2020-06753 Aliases CVE-2020-8355GHSA-7mrx-fcmq-phm5

Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Lenovo XClarity Administrator

Priority LOW 23CWE-319Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-319.

Summary

An internal product security audit of Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) prior to version 3.1.0 discovered the Windows OS credentials provided by the LXCA user to perform driver updates of managed systems may be captured in the First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) service log if the service log is generated while managed endpoints are updating. The service log is only generated when requested by a privileged LXCA user and it is only accessible to the privileged LXCA user that requested the file and is then deleted.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00535 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed XClarity Administrator (Lenovo): 3.1.0

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LenovoXClarity Administratorbefore 3.1.03.1.0Patch availableCNA
  • XClarity Administrator VendorLenovo Affected before 3.1.0 Fixed in 3.1.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:xclarity_administrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.1.0VulnerableLenovo
  • cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:xclarity_administrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.1.0 Vulnerable ·Lenovo

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA XClarity Administrator (Lenovo) Fixed in 3.1.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-8355
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7mrx-fcmq-phm5

References

Advisory 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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