Quest · KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)

CVE-2025-32975

Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) Improper Authentication Vulnerability

Exploited in attacks Critical 10.0 Attack chance: 2.5%

What it is

Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) 13.0.x before 13.0.385, 13.1.x before 13.1.81, 13.2.x before 13.2.183, 14.0.x before 14.0.341 (Patch 5), and 14.1.x before 14.1.101 (Patch 4) contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows attackers to impersonate legitimate users without valid credentials. The vulnerability exists in the SSO authentication handling mechanism and can lead to complete administrative takeover.

CISA: Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) contains an improper authentication vulnerability that could allow attackers to impersonate legitimate users without valid credentials.

What to do

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Deadline for US federal agencies: May 4, 2026

Added to the CISA list: April 20, 2026
Published: June 24, 2025
Severity: Critical 10.0 CVSS 3.1
Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.5% in the top 15.5% of all known vulnerabilities
Weakness: CWE-287
More details: NVD · CVE.org · CISA

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Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.