CVE-2026-0421 (GCVE-0-2026-0421)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-14 22:18
Modified
2026-02-26 15:04
CWE
Summary
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.
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