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HP Support Assistant < 9.55.10.0 Potential Escalation of Privilege (HPSBGN04141)

high Nessus Plugin ID 349720

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 9.55.10.0. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability as referenced in the HPSBGN04141 advisory:

 - A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HP Support Assistant for versions prior to 9.55.10.0. The vulnerability could potentially allow a local attacker to escalate privileges due to insufficient access controls. (CVE-2026-19915)

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 9.55.10.0 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c890f49d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 349720

File Name: hp_support_assistant_9_55_10_0.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/24/2026

Updated: 9/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.29

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-2026-19915

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: 9/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-19915

HP: HPSBGN04141