CVE-2022-3430 Security feature bypass in BIOS

Medium 6.7 Published 23 Jan 2023 Updated 2 Apr 2025

An attacker with elevated privileges can modify secure boot settings by altering NVRAM variables in Lenovo BIOS.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2022-3430?

CVE-2022-3430 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo BIOS, published on 23 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A potential vulnerability in the WMI Setup driver on some consumer Lenovo Notebook devices may allow an attacker with elevated privileges to modify secure boot setting by modifying an NVRAM variable.

Weakness: CWE-276

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3430?

It affects 44 products.

Products include Lenovo D330-10igl Firmware, Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16arh7 Firmware, Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16iah7 Firmware, Lenovo Ideapad Duet 3 10igl5 Firmware, Lenovo Ideapad Slim 7-14iil05 Firmware, Lenovo Ideapad Slim 7-14itl05 Firmware and 38 more.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3430?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3430 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-3430 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3430 in the wild and no public exploit code.

CVE-2022-3431 Security feature bypass in BIOS Medium 6.7

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vj5w-88wc-3p42.