CVE-2025-43026

HP Support Assistant – Potential Escalation of Privilege

7.1 High

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Active

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.14%Up 0.1 points since Jun 6, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.1

HP Support Assistant – Potential Escalation of Privilege

Record: CVE-2025-43026
CVSS 4.0: 7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
Weakness: CWE-281
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-17024 7.1

Record: EUVD-2025-17024
CVSS 4.0: 7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xh2q-mw6g-7hg3 7.1

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HP Support Assistant for versions...

Record: GHSA-xh2q-mw6g-7hg3
CVSS 4.0: 7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-281
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 7.1

Record: CVE-2025-43026
CVSS 4.0: 7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-281
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-43026 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Hp Support Assistant, published June 5, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.14%, the 3rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.