CVSS 3.1
10.0 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2025-32975
Critical (10.0) in Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA). In CISA KEV since 2026-04-20. EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 84% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2026-04-20, due 2026-05-04
- CWE
- CWE-287
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- quest:kace_systems_management_appliance
References
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/22
- https://seralys.com/research/CVE-2025-32975.txt
- https://support.quest.com/kb/4379499/quest-response-to-kace-sma-vulnerabilities-cve-2025-32975-cve-2025-32976-cve-2025-32977-cve-2025-32978
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/25
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-32975