Lenovo PC Manager up to 5.1.140.9262 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Lenovo PC Manager and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-2640. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lenovo PC Manager. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

During an internal security assessment, a potential vulnerability was discovered in Lenovo PC Manager that could allow a local authenticated user to terminate privileged processes.

The weakness was disclosed with Devoteam Purple Team. It is possible to read the advisory at iknow.lenovo.com.cn. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-2640 since 02/17/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 5.1.160.12302 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PC Manager 5.1.160.12302

Timelineinfo

02/17/2026 CVE reserved
03/12/2026 +23 days Advisory disclosed
03/12/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/14/2026 +2 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: lenovo.com

Advisory: iknow.lenovo.com.cn
Organization: Devoteam Purple Team
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-2640 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-2640
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-350647

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2026 05:50
Updated: 03/14/2026 21:54
Changes: 03/12/2026 05:50 (76), 03/14/2026 21:54 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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