Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)

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

Is it exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 20 Apr 2026, 300 days after the CVE record was published.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?

2.5%

EPSS score, percentile 84.6 of all scored records

How severe?

10.0 Critical

CVSS v3.1 base score, from CISA's enrichment of the record

What should I do?

Required action (CISA), due 4 May 2026: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.

Which versions are affected?

Not stated. The CVE record gives vendor and product as “n/a” and the version as “unspecified”.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

What to do

Required action, set by CISA

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 due date for this action: 4 May 2026.

Advisories and patches

The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.

Linked from CISA's catalog entry

Affected products and versions

The CVE record does not name affected products or versions: vendor and product are “n/a” and the version is “unspecified”.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

About this vulnerability

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

Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.

CISA added CVE-2025-32975 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 20 Apr 2026.
CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
The due date CISA sets for the required action is 4 May 2026.
The CVE record was published on 24 Jun 2025, 300 days before it was added to KEV.
The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 10.0 (Critical), taken from CISA's enrichment of the record.
FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.5% (percentile 84.6), as of 28 Oct 2026.
CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

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.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Weakness

CWE-287: Improper Authentication

CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.

Timeline

Date	Event
24 Jun 2025	CVE record published
20 Apr 2026	Added to CISA KEV
21 Apr 2026	CVE record last updated
4 May 2026	CISA due date for the required action

References

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