CVE-2025-32975

Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA): Improper Authentication

As of , CVE-2025-32975 in Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 20 April 2026
US federal deadline
4 May 202614 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.02Higher than 84% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
Public exploit
None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
Fix
Vendor advice: support.quest.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.

What CISA says 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.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

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

CISA's 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's description, from mitre

CVE published
24 June 2025
Assigned by
mitre
CVSS
10.0 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-287
Improper Authentication
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
yes
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

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