# CVE-2023-6044: Privilege escalation in Vantage

> A local attacker with physical access can impersonate the Lenovo Vantage Service to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 30 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pfm6-94m2-vphw

## What is CVE-2023-6044?

CVE-2023-6044 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Vantage, published on 19 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A privilege escalation vulnerability was reported in Lenovo Vantage that could allow a local attacker with physical access to impersonate Lenovo Vantage Service and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Weakness: CWE-290 (Authentication Bypass by Spoofing)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6044?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Lenovo Vantage.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-6044?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6044 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-6044 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6044 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Lenovo Vantage

- [CVE-2023-6043](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6043/): Privilege escalation in Vantage (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-8327](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8327/): Privilege escalation in Vantage (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2026-1715](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1715/): Privilege escalation in Baiying (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2026-1716](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1716/): Other in Baiying (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2026-1717](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1717/): Privilege escalation in Baiying (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6044 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-6044 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Vantage, published on 19 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6044 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Lenovo Vantage. 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-2023-6044/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6044/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6044
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6044
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6044

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6044/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.