CVE-2024-23772: Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance

Medium severity, CVSS 6.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Agent for Windows 12.0.38 and 13.1.23.0. An Arbitrary file create vulnerability exists in the KSchedulerSvc.exe, KUserAlert.exe, and Runkbot.exe components. This allows local attackers to create any file of their choice with NT Authority\SYSTEM privileges.

Affected products

• Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance: version 12.0.38 only; version 13.1.23.0 only

Published 2024-04-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.