🛡️ CVE-2022-48183 — thinkpad-t14s-gen-3-firmware

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with physical access to the device, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Physical — the attacker has to touch the device.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-48183 is classified as CWE-1263: Improper Physical Access Control. The product is designed with access restricted to certain information, but it does not sufficiently protect against an unauthorized actor with physical access to these areas.

Affected software

CVE-2022-48183 is recorded against 2 packages.

• thinkpad-t14s-gen-3-firmware (fixed in 1.35)
• thinkpad-x13-gen-3-firmware (fixed in 1.35)

Timeline and source

Published on 9 October 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

support.lenovo.com
support.lenovo.com

Other advisories for this package

thinkpad-t14s-gen-3-firmware has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2023-5078 (6.7 Medium, published 8 Nov 2023)
• CVE-2022-48189 (6.7 Medium, published 30 Oct 2023)
• CVE-2022-4574 (6.7 Medium, published 30 Oct 2023)
• CVE-2022-48182 (6.1 Medium, published 9 Oct 2023)
• CVE-2022-3728 (6.1 Medium, published 9 Oct 2023)
• CVE-2023-2290 (6.4 Medium, published 26 Jun 2023)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-1263: Improper Physical Access Control) in other software:

• CVE-2025-4386 (6.8 Medium, published 7 May 2026)
• CVE-2025-59696 (3.2 Low, published 2 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2024-48973 (9.3 Critical, published 14 Nov 2024)
• CVE-2024-39512 (6.6 Medium, published 10 Jul 2024)
• CVE-2022-32506 (6.4 Medium, published 14 May 2024)
• CVE-2024-28326 (6.8 Medium, published 26 Apr 2024)
• CVE-2023-38290 (7.8 High, published 22 Apr 2024)

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