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TI-2025-27886 Aliases CVE-2025-43019GHSA-8fqh-pm2q-8h5v

HP Support Assistant – Potential Escalation of Privilege

Priority LOW 25CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HP Support Assistant, which allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via an arbitrary file deletion.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0013 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseHP Support AssistantSee HP Security Bulletin reference for affected versions.—No fix listedCNA
  • HP Support Assistant VendorHewlett Packard Enterprise Affected See HP Security Bulletin reference for affected versions. Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:hp:support_assistant:9.46.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.46.17.0VulnerableHewlett Packard Enterprise

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-43019
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8fqh-pm2q-8h5v

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2016-02040 HP Support Assistant before 8.1.52.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via unspecified vectors. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-18021 Uncontrolled search path in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HP Support Assistant CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2020-05592 Potential security vulnerabilities including compromise of integrity, and allowed… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2020-05591 Potential security vulnerabilities including compromise of integrity, and allowed… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2020-05589 Potential security vulnerabilities including compromise of integrity, and allowed… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2020-05588 Potential security vulnerabilities including compromise of integrity, and allowed… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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