CVE-2022-48189
An SMM driver input validation vulnerability in the BIOS of some ThinkPad models could allow an...
An SMM driver input validation vulnerability in the BIOS of some ThinkPad models could allow an attacker with local access and elevated privileges to execute arbitrary code.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An SMM driver input validation vulnerability in the BIOS of some ThinkPad models could allow an attacker with local access and elevated privileges to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
CVE-2022-48189- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-50900
An SMM driver input validation vulnerability in the BIOS of some ThinkPad models could allow an attacker with local access and elevated privileges to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
EUVD-2022-50900- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-grhf-9x38-2pm7
An SMM driver input validation vulnerability in the BIOS of some ThinkPad models could allow an...
An SMM driver input validation vulnerability in the BIOS of some ThinkPad models could allow an attacker with local access and elevated privileges to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
GHSA-grhf-9x38-2pm7- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An SMM driver input validation vulnerability in the BIOS of some ThinkPad models could allow an attacker with local access and elevated privileges to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
CVE-2022-48189- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- lenovo thinkpad
- lenovo thinkpad bios
- lenovo thinkpad e14 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad e14 gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad e14 gen 4 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad e15 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad e15 gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad e15 gen 4 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad e490 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad e490s firmware
- lenovo thinkpad e590 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l13 gen 3 firmware
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- lenovo thinkpad l13 yoga gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l14 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l15 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l15 gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l15 gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l490 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l590 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p14s gen 1 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p14s gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p14s gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p15 gen 1 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p15 gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p15s gen 1 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p15s gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p15v gen 1 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p15v gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p15v gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p16 gen 1 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p16s gen 1 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p17 gen 1 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p17 gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p1 gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p1 gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p1 gen 4 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p1 gen 5 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p43s firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p53 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p53s firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p73 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t14 gen 1 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t14 gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t14 gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t14s firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t14s gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t14s gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t15 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t15 gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t15g gen 1 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t15g gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t15p gen 1 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t15p gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t15p gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t16 gen 1 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t490 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t490s firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t590 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad thinkpad r14 gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad thinkpad r14 gen 4 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad thinkpad s3 2nd gen firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x12 detachable gen 1 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x13 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x13 gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x13 gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x13 yoga gen 1 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x13 yoga gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x13 yoga gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x1 carbon 10th gen firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x1 carbon 7th gen firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x1 carbon 8th gen firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x1 carbon 9th gen firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x1 extreme 2nd gen firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x1 extreme 3rd gen firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x1 extreme 4th gen firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x1 extreme gen 5 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x1 nano gen 1 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x1 nano gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x1 titanium firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x1 yoga 4th gen firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x1 yoga 5th gen firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x1 yoga 6th gen firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x1 yoga 7th gen firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x390 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x390 yoga firmware
- lenovo thinkpad z13 gen 1 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad z16 gen 1 firmware
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-48189 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Lenovo Thinkpad, published October 30, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.19%, the 9th percentile. No source names a fixed version.