CVE-2025-43026 (GCVE-0-2025-43026)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-05 19:41 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
HP Support Assistant – Potential Escalation of Privilege
Summary
A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HP Support Assistant for versions prior to 9.44.18.0. The vulnerability could potentially allow a local attacker to escalate privileges via an arbitrary file write.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-11 04:01 UTC
CWE
- CWE-281 - Improper Preservation of Permissions
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP, Inc. | HP Support Assistant |
Affected:
See HP security bulletin reference for affected versions
|
guessed |
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