CVE-2025-26850: Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance

Critical severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The agent in Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) before 14.0.97 and 14.1.x before 14.1.19 potentially allows privilege escalation on managed systems.

Affected products

• Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance: before 14.0.97 (fixed in 14.0.97); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.19 (fixed in 14.1.19)

Published 2025-07-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.