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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2026-0421

A potential vulnerability was reported in the BIOS of L13 Gen 6, L13 Gen 6 2-in-1, L14 Gen 6, and L16 Gen 2 ThinkPads which could result in Secure Boot being disabled even when configured as “On” in the BIOS setup menu.

HIGH 7.0EPSS 0.16%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A potential vulnerability was reported in the BIOS of L13 Gen 6, L13 Gen 6 2-in-1, L14 Gen 6, and L16 Gen 2 ThinkPads which could result in Secure Boot being disabled even when configured as “On” in the BIOS setup menu. This issue only affects systems where Secure Boot is set to User Mode.

CVSS 4.0
7.0 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.16% probability · 5th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-252
Source
psirt@lenovo.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.