CVE-2025-32975: Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) Improper Authentication Vulnerability

Critical severity, CVSS 10.0. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2026-04-20. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance: from 13.0, before 13.0.385 (fixed in 13.0.385); from 13.1, before 13.1.81 (fixed in 13.1.81); from 13.2, before 13.2.183 (fixed in 13.2.183); from 14.0, before 14.0.341 (fixed in 14.0.341); from 14.1, before 14.1.101 (fixed in 14.1.101)

Published 2025-06-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.