Lenovo Vantage Improper Link Follow for Privilege Escalation
CVE-2026-15994 Published on August 13, 2026

During an internal security assessment, an improper link following vulnerability was identified in Lenovo Vantage and Lenovo Commercial Vantage that could allow a local authenticated user to execute code with elevated privileges.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-15994 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE

Weakness Type

What is an insecure temporary file Vulnerability?

The software attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

CVE-2026-15994 has been classified to as an insecure temporary file vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-15994

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Affected Versions

Lenovo Commercial Vantage: Lenovo Vantage: