CVE-2021-32084: Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. If a customer restricts access to the web console by IP address or subnets, the API endpoints are not restricted. If credentials/API keys are known to an attacker, the appliance can still be accessed via the API, leading to a potential compromise of the entire environment that is configured for KACE.

Affected products

• Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance: version 11.0.273 only

Published 2026-07-27. Last modified 2026-08-03.