# CVE-2019-6188: ThinkPad T460p and T470p BIOS Tamper Mechanism

> Lenovo ThinkPad BIOS tamper detection fails to trigger, allowing unauthorized physical access to the device.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Nov 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8v57-95f4-cp8w

## What is CVE-2019-6188?

CVE-2019-6188 is a critical vulnerability in Lenovo ThinkPad T460p, published on 12 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The BIOS tamper detection mechanism was not triggered in Lenovo ThinkPad T460p, BIOS versions up to R07ET90W, and T470p, BIOS versions up to R0FET50W, which may allow for unauthorized access.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-6188?

It affects 392 products.


Products: Lenovo 130-14ikb Firmware, Lenovo 130-15ikb Firmware, Lenovo 330-14ikb Firmware, Lenovo 330-14ikbr Firmware, Lenovo 330-15ich Firmware, Lenovo 330-15ikb Firmware, Lenovo 330-15ikbr Firmware, Lenovo 330-15ikbr Touch Firmware, Lenovo 330-17ich Firmware, Lenovo 330-17ikb Firmware, Lenovo 330-17ikbr Firmware, Lenovo 330c-14ikb Firmware, Lenovo 330c-15ikb Firmware, Lenovo 330c-15ikbr Firmware, Lenovo 340c-15ikb Firmware, Lenovo 340c-15iwl Firmware, Lenovo 510-15ikl Firmware, Lenovo 510s-08ikl Firmware, Lenovo 530s-14ikb Firmware, Lenovo 530s-14iwl Firmware and 372 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-6188?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-6188 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-6188 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6188 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Lenovo ThinkPad T460p

- [CVE-2019-6170](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6170/): Code injection in ThinkPad (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2019-6172](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6172/): Code injection in ThinkPad (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-6188 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-6188 is a critical vulnerability in Lenovo ThinkPad T460p, published on 12 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6188 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Lenovo ThinkPad T460p. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6188/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6188/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-6188
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6188
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-6188

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6188/
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