HP OMEN Gaming Hub up to 1101.2602 unnecessary privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in HP OMEN Gaming Hub up to 1101.2602. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-4667. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HP OMEN Gaming Hub up to 1101.2602. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unnecessary privileges vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-250. The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

HP System Optimizer might potentially be vulnerable to escalation of privilege. HP is releasing an update to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

The advisory is shared at support.hp.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-4667 since 03/23/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/15/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1101.2603 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-22947). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unnecessary privileges
CWE: CWE-250
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: OMEN Gaming Hub 1101.2603

Timelineinfo

03/23/2026 CVE reserved
04/15/2026 +22 days Advisory disclosed
04/15/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
04/15/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: support.hp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-4667 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-4667
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-357725
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/15/2026 17:17
Updated: 04/15/2026 18:38
Changes: 04/15/2026 17:17 (64), 04/15/2026 18:38 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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