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.
History

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:30:00 +0000

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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.
First Time appeared Lenovo
Lenovo thinkpad L13 Gen 6 2 In 1 Bios
Lenovo thinkpad L13 Gen 6 Bios
Lenovo thinkpad L14 Gen 6 Bios
Lenovo thinkpad L16 Gen 2 Bios
Weaknesses CWE-252
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkpad_l13_gen_6_2_in_1_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkpad_l13_gen_6_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkpad_l14_gen_6_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkpad_l16_gen_2_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Lenovo
Lenovo thinkpad L13 Gen 6 2 In 1 Bios
Lenovo thinkpad L13 Gen 6 Bios
Lenovo thinkpad L14 Gen 6 Bios
Lenovo thinkpad L16 Gen 2 Bios
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: lenovo

Published: 2026-01-14T22:18:56.115Z

Updated: 2026-01-16T04:55:44.710Z

Reserved: 2025-12-04T19:05:55.282Z

Link: CVE-2026-0421

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-15T13:54:33.827Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-01-14T23:15:56.397

Modified: 2026-01-16T15:55:33.063

Link: CVE-2026-0421

cve-icon Redhat

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