HP System Event Utility – Denial of Service

published 2026-03-03 8 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-9316

cvss: 7.1; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
public exploits: 0; none known

HP System Event Utility might allow denial of service with elevated arbitrary file writes. This potential vulnerability was remediated with HP System Event Utility version 3.2.16.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

HP Inc HP System Event Utility 3.2.16

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 8 mo ago (2026-03-03)

Exploit prediction

0.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	5.2	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	4.0	5.2	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/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/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD	3.1	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected products

HP Inc HP System Event Utility

Classification

Weakness

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

support.hp.com /us-en/document/ish_14271963-14271996-16/hpsbgn04097
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-2915
NVD CVE-2026-2915

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Summary