CVE-2025-32975 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) versions 13.0.x, 13.1.x, 13.2.x, 14.0.x, and 14.1.x before specific patch levels. This flaw, residing in the SSO authentication mechanism, allows unauthenticated attackers to impersonate legitimate users and achieve complete administrative takeover of affected systems. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating high awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 13.0, < 13.0.385CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quest:kace_systems_management_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.1, < 13.1.81CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quest:kace_systems_management_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.2, < 13.2.183CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quest:kace_systems_management_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 14.0, < 14.0.341CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quest:kace_systems_management_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 14.1, < 14.1.101CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quest:kace_systems_management_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.