CVE-2026-12554 - HP Easy Start for macOS - Security Update

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HIGH

HP Easy Start for macOS - Security Update

Published Aug 24, 2026

8.5

HIGH

CVSS 4.0

EPSS 0.30%

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.

Affected products

Vendor HP Inc Product HP Easy Start for macOS Default
unaffected
- Version
  0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <2.16.7.260722

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

HP Inc

HP Easy Start for macOS

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
0	affected	<2.16.7.260722

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-1104

References (3)

https://ciphersecuritylabs.com/papers/rooted-in-trust-breaking-hp-easy-starts-macos-privilege-boundaries/
third-party-advisory
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-64948
Advisory
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_15512340-15512362-16/hpsbpi04124
vendor-advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://ciphersecuritylabs.com/papers/rooted-in-trust-breaking-hp-easy-starts-macos-privilege-boundaries/		third-party-advisory
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-64948		Advisory
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_15512340-15512362-16/hpsbpi04124		vendor-advisory