CVE-2026-0940 (GCVE-0-2026-0940)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-11 20:21 – Updated: 2026-03-13 03:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A potential improper initialization vulnerability was reported in the BIOS of some ThinkPads that could allow a local privileged user to modify data and execute arbitrary code.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-12 00:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-665 - Improper Initialization
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
8 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenovo | ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 BIOS |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.17
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkpad_t14_gen_5_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Lenovo | ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 BIOS |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.17
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkpad_p14s_gen_5_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Lenovo | ThinkPad Z13 Gen 2 BIOS |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.37
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkpad_z13_gen_2_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Lenovo | ThinkPad Z16 Gen 2 BIOS |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.37
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkpad_z16_gen_2_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Lenovo | ThinkPad P16v Gen 1 BIOS |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.62
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkpad_p16v_gen_1_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Lenovo | ThinkPad P15v Gen 3 BIOS |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.28
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkpad_p15v_gen_3_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Lenovo | ThinkPad Z13 Gen 1 BIOS |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.76
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkpad_z13_gen_1_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Lenovo | ThinkPad Z16 Gen 1 BIOS |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.76
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkpad_z16_gen_1_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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