Type Vulnerability
Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) contains an improper authentication vulnerability that could allow attackers to impersonate legitimate users without valid credentials.
Quest · Auth bypass
Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
CVE-2025-32975
What this means
This is rated critical severity (10 out of 10). It is on the known-exploited catalogue, which means attacks using it have already been seen. Ask IT whether Quest Kace Systems Management Appliance is in your estate, and treat that as the priority.
Full vendor 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.
Scoring and exploitation
10.0/ 10
CVSS 3.1 base scoreCritical
Exploitable over the network without any account, and no one has to click or open anything. High impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability, and it can reach beyond the vulnerable system.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability
Longer bar: easier to attack
Attack vectorNetworkAV:N
Attack complexityLowAC:L
Privileges requiredNonePR:N
User interactionNoneUI:N
ScopeChangedS:C
Impact
Longer bar: more harm
ConfidentialityHighC:H
IntegrityHighI:H
AvailabilityHighA:H
- ~2.5% estimated chance of attack in 30 daysModel estimate (): a probability signal, not confirmed exploitation
- Exploited in the wild
- Yes — confirmed exploitation (US CISA )
- Not reported
- Listed product
- Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)
Weaknesses
CWE-287
Affected products ()
- Quest Kace Systems Management Appliance
Show the raw CPE strings (1)
- cpe:2.3:a:quest:kace_systems_management_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References
5 links from the CVE record, grouped by site; the vendor's advisory comes first.
support.quest.com1 linkVendor advisory
seclists.org2 links
- 22 (opens in a new tab)Mailing List · Third Party Advisory
- 25 (opens in a new tab)Mailing List · Third Party Advisory
seralys.com1 link
- CVE-2025-32975.txt (opens in a new tab)Third Party Advisory
cisa.gov1 link
- known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (opens in a new tab)US Government Resource