Critical (9.8) in quest kace systems management appliance. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. If a customer restricts access to the web console by IP address or subnets, the API endpoints are not restricted. If credentials/API keys are known to an attacker, the appliance can still be accessed via the API, leading to a potential compromise of the entire environment that is configured for KACE.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
9.8 critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 46% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)