CVE-2026-15994

HIGHPre-NVD 7.07.0
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.0 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-13. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.0Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
7.0
EG Score
7.0(medium)
EG Risk
32(Track)
EG Risk 32/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity70% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 24, 2026

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-15994(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 24× in last 7d / 111× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 149 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-20 10:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-19 23:10 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-19 23:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-19 11:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  16. 2026-09-16 06:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  18. 2026-09-15 20:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  20. 2026-09-15 07:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  23. 2026-09-13 20:44 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-13 20:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-13 16:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-13 09:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  9. 2026-09-11 13:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  40. 2026-09-02 23:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  45. 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCEPSS rescore
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  47. 2026-09-01 11:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-01 04:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-08-31 21:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-31 05:10 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-31 05:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-08-30 18:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  71. 2026-08-25 14:41 UTCEG score recompute
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  73. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
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  75. 2026-08-24 17:00 UTCEG score recompute

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-15994?
CVE-2026-15994 is a high vulnerability 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.
When was CVE-2026-15994 disclosed?
CVE-2026-15994 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 13, 2026, with the most recent update on August 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-15994 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-15994 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 98.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-15994?
CVE-2026-15994 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-15994?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-15994, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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