# CVE-2025-43017: HP ThinPro 8.1 SP8 Security Updates

> An authentication bypass in HP ThinPro allows attackers to escalate privileges by bypassing user ID verification.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/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:** 28 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2mmx-jx99-8cmf

## What is CVE-2025-43017?

CVE-2025-43017 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in HP ThinPro 8.1, published on 28 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

HP ThinPro 8.1 System management application failed to verify user's true id. HP has released HP ThinPro 8.1 SP8, which includes updates to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.

Weakness: CWE-250 (Execution with Unnecessary Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43017?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hp Thinpro.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-43017?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43017 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-43017 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43017 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HP ThinPro 8.1

- [CVE-2019-18909](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18909/): Command injection in ThinPro Linux (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2017-2740](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2740/): Privilege escalation in HP ThinPro (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2016-2246](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2246/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2019-16287](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16287/): Privilege escalation in ThinPro Linux (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2019-18910](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18910/): Command injection in ThinPro Linux (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-43017 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-43017 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in HP ThinPro 8.1, published on 28 Oct 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-2025-43017 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HP ThinPro 8.1. 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-2025-43017/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43017/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-43017
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43017
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-43017

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43017/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.