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CVE-2026-16792

📛 CVE Title

Global TLS Certificate Validation Bypass in Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator

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.

Overview

State
PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA)
lenovo
CVSS severity
HIGH
CVSS score
CVSS 7.0 / 10 7.0 7.0 / 10
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
Effective score
7.0 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview
CWE(s)
CWE-295
Reserved
2026-07-23
Published
2026-08-04 19:48 UTC
Last updated
2026-08-04 19:48 UTC
Source
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/16xxx/CVE-2026-16792.json
Linked Threat
CVE-2026-16792 — Global TLS Certificate Validation Bypass in Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator

Affected products (1)

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator 0 (affected) x86

Vendor references (1)

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-16792.json.

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