CVE-2025-13492 HP Image Assistant - Potential Escalation of Privilege

Medium 5.4 Published 3 Dec 2025 Updated 26 Feb 2026

A local attacker can escalate privileges via a race condition during package installation in HP Image Assistant.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-13492?

CVE-2025-13492 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HP Image Assistant, published on 3 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HP Image Assistant for versions prior to 5.3.3. The vulnerability could potentially allow a local attacker to escalate privileges via a race condition when installing packages.

Weakness: CWE-363

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13492?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hp Image Assistant.

How do I fix CVE-2025-13492?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13492 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-13492 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13492 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p28c-vhgj-66r6.