CVE-2023-6138

Severity: high (CVSS 7.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-02-14 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the system BIOS for certain HP Workstation PCs, which might allow escalation of privilege, arbitrary code execution, or denial of service. HP is releasing mitigation for the potential vulnerability.

Affected products

HP Z440 Workstation Firmware: before 2.62 — fixed in 2.62
HP Z640 Workstation Firmware: before 2.62 — fixed in 2.62
HP Z840 Workstation Firmware: before 2.62 — fixed in 2.62

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HP Z440 Workstation Firmware 2.62; HP Z640 Workstation Firmware 2.62; HP Z840 Workstation Firmware 2.62. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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