CVE-2022-3699: Lenovo Diagnostics

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A privilege escalation vulnerability was reported in the Lenovo HardwareScanPlugin prior to version 1.3.1.2 and Lenovo Diagnostics prior to version 4.45 that could allow a local user to execute code with elevated privileges.

Affected products

• Lenovo Diagnostics: before 4.45.0 (fixed in 4.45.0)
• Lenovo Hardwarescan Addin: before 2.4.1.1 (fixed in 2.4.1.1)
• Lenovo Hardwarescan Plugin: before 1.3.1.2 (fixed in 1.3.1.2)

Published 2023-10-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.