CVE-2026-1716
Published: 11 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-1716 is a medium-severity Argument Injection (CWE-88) vulnerability in Lenovo Vantage. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Modify Registry (T1112); ranked at the 7.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2026-1716 is an input validation vulnerability in the DeviceSettingsSystemAddin component used by Lenovo Vantage and Lenovo Baiying. Published on 2026-03-11, it allows a local authenticated user to delete arbitrary registry keys with elevated privileges. The issue is rated with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H) and maps to CWE-88 (Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command).
A local attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation grants the ability to delete arbitrary registry keys using elevated privileges, resulting in high impacts to integrity and availability, though confidentiality is unaffected.
Lenovo has published security advisories detailing the vulnerability, affected products, and mitigation steps. Security practitioners should consult https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-213044 and https://iknow.lenovo.com.cn/detail/438815 for patch information and remediation guidance.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-11359
Vulnerability details
An input validation vulnerability was reported in the DeviceSettingsSystemAddin used in Lenovo Vantage and Lenovo Baiying that could allow a local authenticated user to delete arbitrary registry keys with elevated privileges.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Local authenticated low-priv user can delete arbitrary registry keys via elevated component, directly enabling Modify Registry (T1112) for integrity/availability impact.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation of inputs to the DeviceSettingsSystemAddin to block malformed arguments that enable arbitrary registry-key deletion.
Limits the privileges available to the local authenticated user and the Vantage add-in, reducing the ability to perform elevated registry deletions even if input validation fails.
Enforces access restrictions on configuration changes, preventing unauthorized or unapproved deletion of registry keys by the compromised Lenovo component.