CVE-2026-8864 (GCVE-0-2026-8864)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-30 16:21 – Updated: 2026-06-30 16:45
VLAI
Title
HP Fan Control App – Potential Escalation of Privilege
Summary
The HP Fan Control App might allow local escalation of privileges. An updated version of HP Fan Control App has been released to mitigate this potential vulnerability.
Severity
7.3 (High)
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
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Assigner
hp
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
HP Inc. HP Fan Control App Affected: 0 , < 1.0.0.2 (custom)
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