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HP November 2022 BIOS refresh (for 2018 notebook PCs)

Learn about the BIOS enhancements on the HP 2018 notebook PCs.

Description

HP is enhancing the BIOS on the following HP 2018 notebook PCs.

Products affected: HP ZBook 17 G5/HP ZBook 15 G5 Mobile Workstation; HP ZBook Studio G5 Mobile Workstation; HP EliteBook 1050 G1 Notebook PC; HP EliteBook x360 1040 G5 Notebook PC; HP EliteBook x360 1030 G3 Notebook PC; HP Elite x2 1013 G3 Tablet; HP EliteBook 850 G5/HP EliteBook 846 G5/HP EliteBook 840 G5/HP EliteBook 836 G5/HP EliteBook 830 G5, HP EliteBook 840 G5 Healthcare Edition, HP ZBook 14u G5/15u G5 Notebook PC; HP EliteBook 840r G4/HP EliteBook 846r G4 Notebook PC; HP ProBook 650 G4/HP ProBook 640 G4 Notebook PC; HP ProBook 470 G5/HP ProBook 450 G5/HP ProBook 440 G5/HP ProBook 430 G5 Notebook PC; HP ProBook x360 440 G1 Notebook PC; HP mt21 Mobile Thin Client Notebook PC; HP ZHAN 66 Pro G1 Notebook PC; HP Engage Go Mobile System; HP ProBook 430 G6/HP ProBook 440 G6/HP ProBook 450 G6 Notebook PC; HP Zhan 66 Pro 13/HP Zhan 66 Pro 14/HP Zhan 66 Pro 15 G2 Notebook PC; HP EliteBook 745 G5/HP EliteBook 735 G5 Notebook PC; HP ProBook 645 G4 Notebook PC; HP ProBook 455 G5 Notebook PC; HP mt44 Mobile Thin Client Notebook PC; HP mt31 Mobile Thin Client Notebook PC; HP EliteBook x360 830 G5 Notebook PC; HP ProBook x360 11 G4 Education Edition; HP ProBook x360 11 G3 Education Edition
Geographies affected: Worldwide
Effective date: 08-Nov-2022

Document Information

Current document version: 1.0
Date: 22-Nov-2022

Details of change

Effective November 08, 2022, HP is enhancing the BIOS on the HP 2018 notebook PCs.

The new software and BIOS updates are available for download from the HP Software and Driver Downloads page after the effective date.

HP ZBook 17/15 G5 Mobile Workstation System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP ZBook Studio G5 Mobile Workstation System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP EliteBook 1050 G1 System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP EliteBook x360 1040 G5 System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP EliteBook x360 1030 G3 System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP Elite x2 1013 G3 Tablet System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP EliteBook 850/846/840/836/830, 840 G5 Healthcare Edition, HP ZBook 14u/15u G5 System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP EliteBook 840r/846r G4 System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP ProBook 650/640 G4 System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP ProBook 470/450/440/430 G5 System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP ProBook x360 440 G1 System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP mt21 Mobile Thin Client System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP ZHAN 66 Pro G1 System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP Engage Go Mobile System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP ProBook 430/440/450 G6 System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP Zhan 66 Pro 13/14/15 G2 System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP EliteBook 745/735 G5 System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP ProBook 645 G4 System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP ProBook 455 G5 System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP mt44 Mobile Thin Client System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP mt31 Mobile Thin Client System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP EliteBook x360 830 G5 System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Fixes an issue when there is an additional option "PCI Express Power Management" listed in BIOS configuration utility.
Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP ProBook x360 11 G4 Education Edition System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the Intel silicon reference code for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2022-26845, CVE-2022-29893, CVE-2022-27497, CVE-2022-33159.
Updates the CPU microcode for Intel processors for stability enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

HP ProBook x360 11 G3 Education Edition System BIOS has the following enhancements added:

Updates the TXE firmware to 4.0.46.1924 for compatibility enhancement.
Enhancement to address security vulnerability CVE-2022-27538.

Component version: HP ZBook 17/15 G5 Mobile Workstation System BIOS (Q70) [01.22]; HP ZBook Studio G5 Mobile Workstation System BIOS (Q71) [01.22]; HP EliteBook 1050 G1 System BIOS (Q72) [01.22]; HP EliteBook x360 1040 G5 System BIOS (Q74) [01.22]; HP EliteBook x360 1030 G3 System BIOS (Q90) [01.22]; HP Elite x2 1013 G3 Tablet System BIOS (Q87) [01.22]; HP EliteBook 850/846/840/836/830, 840 G5 Healthcare Edition, HP ZBook 14u/15u G5 System BIOS (Q78) [01.22]; HP EliteBook 840r/846r G4 System BIOS (Q80) [01.22]; HP ProBook 650/640 G4 System BIOS (Q77, Q83) [01.22]; HP ProBook 470/450/440/430 G5 System BIOS (Q85) [01.22]; HP ProBook x360 440 G1 System BIOS (Q98) [01.22]; HP mt21 Mobile Thin Client System BIOS (Q89) [01.22]; HP ZHAN 66 Pro G1 System BIOS (Q93, Q96) [01.22]; HP Engage Go Mobile System BIOS (Q97) [01.22]; HP ProBook 430/440/450 G6 System BIOS (R71) [01.22]; HP Zhan 66 Pro 13/14/15 G2 System BIOS (R76) [01.22]; HP EliteBook 745/735 G5 System BIOS (Q81) [01.22]; HP ProBook 645 G4 System BIOS (Q82) [01.22]; HP ProBook 455 G5 System BIOS (Q84) [01.22]; HP mt44 Mobile Thin Client System BIOS (Q79) [01.22]; HP mt31 Mobile Thin Client System BIOS (Q92) [01.22]; HP EliteBook x360 830 G5 System BIOS (R77) [01.22]; HP ProBook x360 11 G4 Education Edition System BIOS (Q94) [01.17]; HP ProBook x360 11 G3 Education Edition System BIOS (Q95) [01.21]
Support URL: http://www.hp.com/go/bizsupport
Reason for change: Regular quarterly release.
Date of change: 08-Nov-2022

Revision history

This document has been revised according to the information below.

List of versions
Version	Description	Date
1	Initial Release	22-November-2022

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