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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-8355 · published 10 February 2021

CVE-2020-8355: Lenovo xclarity administrator cleartext transmission vulnerability

Lenovo · Xclarity Administrator

An internal product security audit of Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) prior to version 3.1.0 discovered the Windows OS credentials provided by the LXCA user to perform driver updates of managed systems may be captured in the First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) service log if the service log is generated while managed endpoints are updating. The service log is only generated when requested by a privileged LXCA user and it is only accessible to the privileged LXCA user that requested the file and is then deleted.

4.9 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.53% · top 56.6% CWE-319 · Cleartext transmission
4.9CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.0
0.53%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An internal product security audit of Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) prior to version 3.1.0 discovered the Windows OS credentials provided by the LXCA user to perform driver updates of managed systems may be captured in the First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) service log if the service log is generated while managed endpoints are updating. The service log is only generated when requested by a privileged LXCA user and it is only accessible to the privileged LXCA user that requested the file and is then deleted.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-50446 Vendor Advisory
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-50446 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-8355), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-15). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.