# CVE-2025-1697: HP Touchpoint Analytics Service – Potential Escalation of Privilege

> A local attacker can escalate privileges via a vulnerability in the HP Touchpoint Analytics Service, requiring users to update the software.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q7fw-g378-r65g

## What is CVE-2025-1697?

CVE-2025-1697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HP, Inc. HP Touchpoint Analytics Service, published on 18 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HP Touchpoint Analytics Service for certain HP PC products with versions prior to 4.2.2439. This vulnerability could potentially allow a local attacker to escalate privileges. HP is providing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-59 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1697?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hp Touchpoint Analytics Service.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-1697?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1697 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-1697 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-1697 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-1697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HP, Inc. HP Touchpoint Analytics Service, published on 18 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HP, Inc. HP Touchpoint Analytics Service. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1697/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1697/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1697
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1697
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1697

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1697/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.