# CVE-2025-2501: Privilege escalation in PC Manager

> A local attacker can exploit an untrusted search path in Lenovo PC Manager to elevate privileges.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **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:** 30 May 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7m65-wj64-957x

## What is CVE-2025-2501?

CVE-2025-2501 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lenovo PC Manager, published on 30 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An untrusted search path vulnerability was reported in Lenovo PC Manager that could allow a local attacker to elevate privileges.

Weakness: CWE-426 (Untrusted Search Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2501?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Lenovo Pcmanager.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-2501?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2501 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-2501 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2501 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Lenovo PC Manager

- [CVE-2025-10581](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10581/): Privilege escalation in PC Manager (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2025-8486](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8486/): Privilege escalation in PC Manager (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2025-8098](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8098/): Privilege escalation in PC Manager (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2025-2502](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2502/): Privilege escalation in PC Manager (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2019-6197](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6197/): Privilege escalation in PC Manager (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-2501 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-2501 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lenovo PC Manager, published on 30 May 2025. 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-2025-2501 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Lenovo PC Manager. 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-2025-2501/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2501/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2501
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2501
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-2501

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2501/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.