CVEs / CVE-2025-32975

CVE-2025-32975: Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) Improper Authentication Vulnerability

Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 20 Apr 2026
critical 10 CVSS 3.1 (from the CNA)
EPSS 2.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
Last changed at its sources 17 Jun 2026

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Summary

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

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.
The CVE record, via NVD · published 24 Jun 2025 · NVD status: Analyzed

Affected and fixed versions

As stated by the CVE record (from the CNA)
Product	Affected	Fixed in
n/a n/a	n/a	—

Exploitation

In CISA KEV since	20 Apr 2026
Due date for US federal agencies	4 May 2026
Used in ransomware campaigns	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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1	10 critical `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H` Scored by the CNA (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
Weakness	CWE-287

References

CVE-2025-32975 on NVD
CVE-2025-32975 in the CISA KEV catalog
https://support.quest.com/kb/4379499/quest-response-to-kace-sma-vulnerabilities-cve-2025-32975-cve-2025-32976-cve-2025-32977-cve-2025-32978 (cited by CISA)
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/22 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://seralys.com/research/CVE-2025-32975.txt Third Party Advisory
https://support.quest.com/kb/4379499/quest-response-to-kace-sma-vulnerabilities-cve-2025-32975-cve-2025-32976-cve-2025-32977-cve-2025-32978 Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/25 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-32975 US Government Resource

Sources

Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.

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