CVE-2025-32975

Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) Improper Authentication Vulnerability

  • Critical 10.0
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 20 Apr 2026

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.

Key facts

Published
24 Jun 2025
Last changed
21 Apr 2026
Assigned by
mitre
KEV added
20 Apr 2026
KEV fix due
4 May 2026
EPSS
2.487% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 84.891% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: yes; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 10.0CVSS 3.1, Criticalfrom CISA (ADP container)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do

  • 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 KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

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No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

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Affected products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/a
  • n/a (affected)

Timeline

  1. 24 Jun 2025 Published
  2. 20 Apr 2026 CVE-2025-32975 added to CISA KEV
  3. 20 Apr 2026 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

References