{"id":"CVE-2026-12555","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-12555","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:19:47.981Z","title":"Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified in HP Easy Start for macOS, versions prior to 2.16.7.260722.","description":"Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified in HP Easy Start for macOS, versions prior to 2.16.7.260722. These potential vulnerabilities may lead to escalation of privilege. HP is releasing updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.","published":"2026-08-24T16:16:55.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-12T15:10:00.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"hp-security-alert@hp.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":7.7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-379"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00397,"percentile":0.33686,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://ciphersecuritylabs.com/papers/rooted-in-trust-breaking-hp-easy-starts-macos-privilege-boundaries/","source":"hp-security-alert@hp.com"},{"url":"https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_15512340-15512362-16/hpsbpi04124","source":"hp-security-alert@hp.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12555","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}