Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessGain foothold on same logical network
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DeliverySend crafted serialized payload to Legion Zone
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ExploitTrigger unsafe deserialization (CWE-502)
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ExecutionExecute arbitrary code on host
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ImpactFull compromise of affected device
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A08:2025 - Software or Data Integrity Failures
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Safe deserialization, type allowlists
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to be positioned on the same logical network as the target (CVSS AV:A - adjacent, e.g., shared LAN or Wi-Fi segment) and to hold low-level privileges (PR:L), with no user interaction needed (UI:N). The affected software is the Lenovo Legion Zone application, which is distributed exclusively in the Chinese market, so only devices running that China-specific build are in scope - this market restriction and the adjacency requirement are the principal factors limiting real-world exploitation. The vulnerability class is unsafe deserialization of untrusted data (CWE-502), implying the attacker must be able to reach the application's data-processing interface over the local network and supply a malicious serialized object. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-to-high severity but realistically constrained issue. The vendor-supplied CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H) scores 8.6 and indicates adjacent-network access with low attack complexity, low privileges required, and no user interaction, yielding full high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the vulnerable system (no subsequent-system scope change). The core limiting signal is AV:A - the attacker must already be on the same logical network (e.g., the same LAN/Wi-Fi segment), which excludes pure internet-based mass exploitation and is corroborated by the description ('an attacker on the same logical network'). No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or public POC is present in the provided data, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation; the risk is driven by severity potential rather than observed in-the-wild activity. Tempering factors: the product is distributed exclusively in the Chinese market and is a consumer gaming utility, sharply narrowing the realistic target population. CWE-502 (deserialization) combined with the RCE tag makes the arbitrary-code-execution claim technically plausible. Net: a legitimate patch-worthy flaw for affected Chinese-market Legion devices, but not a broad emergency given adjacency requirement, required privileges, and absence of exploitation signals. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker already present on the same local network segment as a victim's Lenovo Legion device (for example, a shared office or public Wi-Fi network) sends crafted serialized data to the Legion Zone application's exposed interface, triggering unsafe deserialization (CWE-502) and achieving arbitrary code execution on the host. Exploitation requires low-level privileges and no user interaction (PR:L/UI:N), but is bounded to adjacent-network reach (AV:A). No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 15, 2026
Arbitrary code execution in the Lenovo Legion Zone application allows an attacker positioned on the same logical network (shared LAN or Wi-Fi segment) to run code of their choosing on the affected host. Exploitation requires the attacker to already hold low-level privileges on the network (CVSS PR:L), needs no user interaction, and can affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability - reflected in the reported CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.6 (assessed as CVSS 3.1 8.2-equivalent, AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). The issue is a moderate-to-high severity but realistically constrained problem, because Legion Zone is distributed exclusively in the Chinese market and the attack surface is limited to adjacent-network reachability; no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch version was identified in the available data, so the first action is to check Lenovo's advisory at https://iknow.lenovo.com.cn/detail/442627 for a fixed Legion Zone build and, if one is published, upgrade to that exact version as soon as it is available. Until then, apply compensating controls that remove the adjacent-network attack surface: place Legion Zone hosts on a dedicated trusted network segment, and where the product's remote/companion features are not required, disable them or uninstall the application entirely - the trade-off being loss of the remote-management and system-tuning conveniences the utility provides. Enforce host firewalling so only explicitly required services on the Legion Zone host accept inbound connections from the local subnet, and block the ports or discovery endpoints the utility uses for peer communication from untrusted Wi-Fi, guest, and public LAN segments; this can break legitimate multi-device sync features. For Wi-Fi deployments, enable client isolation on access points so co-located clients cannot reach the Legion Zone host directly - this degrades peer-to-peer and LAN-based management use cases. Because the attack requires low-level privileges already (PR:L) and no user interaction, treat any host on the same segment as a potential launch point and monitor for unexpected inbound traffic to and outbound process activity from Legion Zone.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause class is CWE-502, deserialization of untrusted data. Legion Zone - Lenovo's gaming-system tuning and management utility for Legion hardware in the Chinese market - processes network-reachable data that is reconstructed into live objects; because the deserialization routine does not validate or constrain the types it instantiates, a crafted serialized payload delivered to that data-processing interface can be turned into arbitrary code execution in the context of the Legion Zone process. The CVSS 4.0 vector supplied by Lenovo (AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N) describes a single-system compromise with adjacent attack vector, low attack complexity, no attack requirements, low privileges, and no user interaction, while our independent assessment maps the same characteristics to CVSS 3.1 (AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). The CPE entry cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:legion_zone_application:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* uses a wildcard version, meaning the vendor statement covers the Legion Zone application without pinning a specific build; only the China-market distribution is in scope, which materially narrows the exposed population relative to a globally shipped component.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Adjacent-network reach (AV:A) per the 'same logical network' description, low complexity, low privileges (PR:L), no UI, and full host C/I/A impact with no scope change (S:U).
Primary rating from Vendor (lenovo).
CVSS VectorVendor: lenovo
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
A potential vulnerability was reported in the Lenovo Legion Zone application, distributed exclusively in the Chinese market, that could allow an attacker on the same logical network to execute arbitrary code.
Executive ViewAI
Lenovo Legion Zone, distributed exclusively in the Chinese market, contains a high-severity arbitrary code execution flaw that could allow an attacker with low-level adjacent-network access to fully compromise affected hosts on the same LAN or Wi-Fi segment. For organizations with Chinese-market Lenovo endpoints running Legion Zone, leadership should care because the product may lack a vendor fix, and a successful compromise could disrupt confidentiality, integrity, and availability of business data and operations. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV, so the immediate priority is containment and inventory.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: remove or disable Lenovo Legion Zone where not required; isolate affected hosts on dedicated VLANs or firewall rules that block adjacent LAN/Wi-Fi access; restrict low-privilege network accounts; monitor for anomalous application and network behavior; apply least privilege and network segmentation until a vendor fix is available.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Insecure deserialization occurs when an application converts serialized data (a stream of bytes representing an object's state) back into a living object without proper validation.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
EUVD-2026-102534
GHSA-rg4q-hjwc-m3mh
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