# CVE-2026-1717: Privilege escalation in Baiying

> A local authenticated user can terminate arbitrary processes with elevated privileges in Lenovo Vantage and Baiying due to input validation flaws.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/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:** 11 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 12 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-34px-6wv4-79ch

## What is CVE-2026-1717?

CVE-2026-1717 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Baiying, published on 11 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An input validation vulnerability was reported in the LenovoProductivitySystemAddin used in Lenovo Vantage and Lenovo Baiying that could allow a local authenticated user to terminate arbitrary processes with elevated privileges.

Weakness: CWE-88 (Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-1717?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Lenovo Vantage.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-1717?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-1717 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-1717 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-1717 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Lenovo Baiying

- [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-2023-6044](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6044/): Privilege escalation in Vantage (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-1717 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-1717 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Baiying, published on 11 Mar 2026. 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-2026-1717 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Lenovo Baiying. 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-2026-1717/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1717/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1717
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1717
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-1717

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1717/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.