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CVE-2026-16792: Global TLS Certificate Validation Bypass in Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator

Awaiting analysis
Published 04-08-2026Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-16792 is a high (CVSS 7.0) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in lenovo xclarity_orchestrator. EPSS estimates a 0.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.0/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.11%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 04-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An improper certificate validation vulnerability was reported in multiple Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator (LXCO) 2.2.0 microservices that could allow an adjacent network attacker to intercept sensitive communications by performing a machine-in-the-middle attack against HTTPS connections during TLS certificate validation under certain circumstances.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.11%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

1%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.04 pp

From 0.07% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Lenovo1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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