CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-32975

10.0 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2025-06-24 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) Improper Authentication Vulnerability — Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)

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

Added to KEV
2026-04-20
Remediation due
2026-05-04
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
https://support.quest.com/kb/4379499/quest-response-to-kace-sma-vulnerabilities-cve-2025-32975-cve-2025-32976-cve-2025-32977-cve-2025-32978 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32975
Status
Analyzed
Published
2025-06-24
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
10.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-287

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• quest kace systems management appliance (>= 13.0 < 13.0.385) • quest kace systems management appliance (>= 13.1 < 13.1.81) • quest kace systems management appliance (>= 13.2 < 13.2.183) • quest kace systems management appliance (>= 14.0 < 14.0.341) • quest kace systems management appliance (>= 14.1 < 14.1.101)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References