Vulnerability · CVE-2025-43026
A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HP Support Assistant for versions prior to 9.44.18.0.
Published Jun 5, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · HP, Inc. HP Support Assistant
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-43026. EPSS is 0.13%. Act only if a listed version of HP, Inc. HP Support Assistant is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.13%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- vendor HP, Inc. HP Support Assistant See HP security bulletin reference for affected versions
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.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor HP, Inc. HP Support Assistant See HP security bulletin reference for affected versionsSee HP security bulletin reference for affected versions
How to fix CVE-2025-43026
Recommended remediation
A vendor or distribution source is linked. Check that advisory for patch availability; this catalog does not invent fix status.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-43026. EPSS is 0.13%. Act only if a listed version of HP, Inc. HP Support Assistant is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with HP, Inc. HP Support Assistant See HP security bulletin reference for affected versions See HP security bulletin reference for affected versions. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.13%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jun 5, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
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.
Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
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.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-43026
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-43026
30-day exploitation probability 0.1%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-17024
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.
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.