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NVD published CVE-2026-13103 today on a high-severity path traversal flaw in Lenovo's China-only App Store app.

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Lenovo App Store Path Traversal Flaw Rated High Severity

Lenovo disclosed CVE-2026-13103, a path traversal vulnerability in its China-only App Store that could let a local authenticated user run arbitrary code. The flaw is rated high severity with CVSS 7.3 and affects versions before 9.0.2930.0514 on Windows.

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Lenovo App Store Path Traversal Flaw Rated High Severity
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Lenovo disclosed a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in its App Store application distributed exclusively in China. CVE-2026-13103 has a CVSS score of 7.3. It allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code on Windows versions prior to 9.0.2930.0514 due to improper pathname restriction.

Lenovo has disclosed a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in its App Store application that is distributed exclusively in the Chinese market.

A local authenticated user could execute arbitrary code. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-13103, carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.3. Lenovo Group Ltd. assigned a CVSS 4.0 score of 7.0 with vector string CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N.
A local authenticated user could execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability stems from improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory. It affects Lenovo App Store versions prior to 9.0.2930.0514 on Windows platforms.

The issue was reported directly by Lenovo Group Ltd. The National Vulnerability Database published the CVE record on July 16, 2026, the same day it was received from the vendor at 1:16:54 PM. NVD has not yet provided its own CVSS assessment and notes the record is not prioritized for enrichment due to resource concerns.
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A reference to Lenovo's Chinese-language advisory is listed. The link points to https://iknow.lenovo.com.cn/detail/441419. No additional mitigation steps or patches are detailed in the NVD entry beyond the affected version range.
This marks the first public record for the vulnerability.

The weakness is classified as CWE-22. Lenovo lists the product status as affected for versions below the fixed build and unaffected for 9.0.2930.0514 and later.
This marks the first public record for the vulnerability. Users of the China-specific Lenovo App Store on Windows should monitor the referenced advisory for update instructions.
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