Link following in Lenovo Vantage
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An improper link following vulnerability was reported in the VantageCoreAddin for Lenovo Vantage and Lenovo Commercial Vantage that could allow a local authenticated user to perform an arbitrary file deletion with elevated privileges.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Vantage (Lenovo) Fixed in 1.1.0.51
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Lenovo Vantage — support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-223723
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-13394 Link following in Lenovo Commercial VantagePriority LOW 33
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-12036
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f95j-cwmr-fqw7
References
More Lenovo vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-03639 Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Apache Struts KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-07516 Insecure Platform Key (PK) used in UEFI system firmware signature CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- 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-2017-02875 OS command injection in Lenovo Service Framework application CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2013-01192 Untrusted search path vulnerability in Lenovo Thinkpad Bluetooth with Enhanced Data Rate… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2026-53163 Hard-coded credentials in Lenovo Health Application CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-12036 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-12036 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f95j-cwmr-fqw7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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