Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-16793 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-16793 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-16793?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 4 August 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator 2.2.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-16793?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-16793 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-16793?
- Check whether you run Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is a command injection flaw in XClarity Orchestrator 2.2.0, resulting from improper neutralization of special elements in operating system commands. An authenticated user can craft malicious input that is passed unsanitized to system command execution routines, allowing arbitrary code execution as a privileged process. The attack requires valid authentication credentials and knowledge of vulnerable input vectors. Successful exploitation grants attacker command execution at the system privilege level, enabling full system compromise. Patches should be available from Lenovo's support portal.
Affected products
- Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator 2.2.0
Timeline
- 2026-08-04: disclosed