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CVE-2025-32975

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

KEV · due 4 May EPSS 2%public exploit SSVC act CVSS 10.0

critical.is priorityof 100

CVSS 10.0 (ADP)10.0 / 10 × 3030.0 In CISA KEV+3030.0 EPSS percentile 84.6.846 × 2016.9 Exploit: SSVC active+1010.0 SSVC exploitation: active+1010.0

Description · from the CVE record

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

ProductAffectedFixed inSource

n/an/a–CNA

Scores by source

CISA ADP10.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refsupport.quest.com/kb/4379499/quest-response-to-kace-sma-vulnerabilities-cve-2025-32975-cve-2025-32976-cve-2025-32977-cve-2025-32978 refseclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/22 refseralys.com/research/CVE-2025-32975.txt refcisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-32975 refseclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/25 kevcisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog