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-2025-32978
What this means
This is rated high severity (7.5 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 replace system licenses through a web interface intended for license renewal. Attackers can exploit this to replace valid licenses with expired or trial licenses, causing denial of service.
Scoring and exploitation
7.5/ 10
CVSS 3.1 base scoreHigh
Exploitable over the network without any account, and no one has to click or open anything. High impact on availability.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability
Longer bar: easier to attack
Attack vectorNetworkAV:N
Attack complexityLowAC:L
Privileges requiredNonePR:N
User interactionNoneUI:N
ScopeUnchangedS:U
Impact
Longer bar: more harm
ConfidentialityNoneC:N
IntegrityNoneI:N
AvailabilityHighA:H
- Not reported
- Exploited in the wild
- Not confirmed in the
- Not reported
Weaknesses
CWE-306
References
4 links from the CVE record, grouped by site.
seclists.org2 links
seralys.com1 link
support.quest.com1 link