VDB-350648 · CVE-2026-0940 · GCVE-0-2026-0940

Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 BIOS up to 1.17 initialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 BIOS, ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 BIOS, ThinkPad Z13 Gen 2 BIOS, ThinkPad Z16 Gen 2 BIOS, ThinkPad P16v Gen 1 BIOS, ThinkPad P15v Gen 3 BIOS, ThinkPad Z13 Gen 1 BIOS and ThinkPad Z16 Gen 1 BIOS up to 1.17 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to initialization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-0940. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 BIOS, ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 BIOS, ThinkPad Z13 Gen 2 BIOS, ThinkPad Z16 Gen 2 BIOS, ThinkPad P16v Gen 1 BIOS, ThinkPad P15v Gen 3 BIOS, ThinkPad Z13 Gen 1 BIOS and ThinkPad Z16 Gen 1 BIOS up to 1.17. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a initialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-665. The product does not initialize or incorrectly initializes a resource, which might leave the resource in an unexpected state when it is accessed or used. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented by Krzysztof Okupski. The advisory is shared for download at support.lenovo.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-0940 since 01/14/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Lenovo

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commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.lenovo.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Initialization
CWE: CWE-665
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

01/14/2026 CVE reserved
03/12/2026 +57 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: support.lenovo.com
Researcher: Krzysztof Okupski
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-0940 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-0940
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-350648

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2026 05:50
Updated: 03/14/2026 21:54
Changes: 03/12/2026 05:50 (73), 03/14/2026 21:54 (1)
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