What is CVE-2024-28893?

CVE-2024-28893 is a high-severity vulnerability in HP Softpaqs, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2024-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2024-28893?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-28893 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in HP Softpaqs

CVE-2024-28893

Certain HP software packages (SoftPaqs) are potentially vulnerable to arbitrary code execution when the SoftPaq configuration file has been modified after extraction. HP has released updated software packages (SoftPaqs).

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2024-05-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 18.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

HP Softpaqs
HP Inc. Software Packages (Softpaqs) — versions See HP Security Bulletin reference for affected versions.

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_10502451-10502508-16/hpsbhf03931 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-28893?: CVE-2024-28893 is a high-severity vulnerability in HP Softpaqs, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2024-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-28893?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-28893 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.