HP Support Assistant < 9.53.2.0 Potential Escalation of Privilege (HPSBGN04131)

high Nessus Plugin ID 344792

Synopsis

An application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of HP Support Assistant installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 9.53.2.0. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability as referenced in the HPSBGN04131 advisory:

- A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HP Support Assistant for versions prior to 9.53.2.0. The vulnerability could potentially allow a local attacker to escalate privileges due to insufficient access controls. (CVE-2026-15431)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to HP Support Assistant version 9.53.2.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 344792

File Name: hp_support_assistant_9_53_2_0.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/11/2026

Updated: 9/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.19

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-15431

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:hp:support_assistant

Required KB Items: installed_sw/HP Support Assistant

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-15431

HP: HPSBGN04131

Detections

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