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.
History

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Description 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.
First Time appeared Lenovo
Lenovo thinkpad L13 Gen 6 2 In 1 Bios
Lenovo thinkpad L13 Gen 6 Bios
Lenovo thinkpad L14 Gen 6 Bios
Lenovo thinkpad L16 Gen 2 Bios
Weaknesses CWE-252
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkpad_l13_gen_6_2_in_1_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkpad_l13_gen_6_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkpad_l14_gen_6_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkpad_l16_gen_2_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Lenovo
Lenovo thinkpad L13 Gen 6 2 In 1 Bios
Lenovo thinkpad L13 Gen 6 Bios
Lenovo thinkpad L14 Gen 6 Bios
Lenovo thinkpad L16 Gen 2 Bios
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: lenovo

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-14T22:18:56.115Z

Reserved: 2025-12-04T19:05:55.282Z

Link: CVE-2026-0421

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-14T23:15:56.397

Modified: 2026-01-14T23:15:56.397

Link: CVE-2026-0421

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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