CVE-2026-6511

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-16. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: 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, a potential improper access control vulnerability was discovered in Lenovo Smart Connect for Windows that could allow a local authenticated user to access files owned by a different user on the same system.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(high)
EG Risk
25(Track)
EG Risk 25/100SSVC: 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
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 16, 2026

Last Modified

July 16, 2026

References (2)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-6511(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 15× in last 7d / 26× 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.

  1. 2026-07-29 09:18 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-29 09:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-28 15:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-28 10:00 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-28 10:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-27 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-27 10:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-26 11:25 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-26 11:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-23 03:22 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-17 06:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-16 16:54 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-07-16 16:53 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-6511?
CVE-2026-6511 is a medium vulnerability published on July 16, 2026. During an internal security assessment, a potential improper access control vulnerability was discovered in Lenovo Smart Connect for Windows that could allow a local authenticated user to access files owned by a different user on the same system.
When was CVE-2026-6511 disclosed?
CVE-2026-6511 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-6511 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-6511 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 99.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-6511?
CVE-2026-6511 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-6511?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-6511, 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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