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-2025-32977
What this means
This is rated critical severity (9.6 out of 10). There is no confirmed exploitation of it yet. Ask IT whether the affected products are in your estate.
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) allows unauthenticated users to upload backup files to the system. While signature validation is implemented, weaknesses in the validation process can be exploited to upload malicious backup content that could compromise system integrity.
Scoring and exploitation
9.6/ 10
CVSS 3.1 base scoreCritical
Exploitable over the network without any account, but only if a user takes an action, such as opening a file or link. 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:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability
Longer bar: easier to attack
Attack vectorNetworkAV:N
Attack complexityLowAC:L
Privileges requiredNonePR:N
User interactionRequiredUI:R
ScopeChangedS:C
Impact
Longer bar: more harm
ConfidentialityHighC:H
IntegrityHighI:H
AvailabilityHighA:H
- ~0.4% estimated chance of attack in 30 daysModel estimate (): a probability signal, not confirmed exploitation
- Exploited in the wild
- Not confirmed in the
- Not reported
Weaknesses
CWE-347
References
4 links from the CVE record, grouped by site.
seclists.org2 links
seralys.com1 link
support.quest.com1 link