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

> CVE-2025-32975: Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) Improper Authentication Vulnerability. CVSS 10.0 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-32975
Last updated: 2026-06-17T09:12:53Z

- Published: 2025-06-24 00:00 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 09:12 UTC · Assigner: mitre
- CVSS: 10.0 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Critical · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 2.5%, 85th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2026-04-20, federal due date 2026-05-04, ransomware use: Unknown

## Description

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.

## CISA required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

## Affected vendors and products

- Quest: KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-32975)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32975)
- [https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/22](https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/22)
- [https://seralys.com/research/CVE-2025-32975.txt](https://seralys.com/research/CVE-2025-32975.txt)
- [https://support.quest.com/kb/4379499/quest-response-to-kace-sma-vulnerabilities-cve-2025-32975-cve-2025-32976-cve-2025-32977-cve-2025-32978](https://support.quest.com/kb/4379499/quest-response-to-kace-sma-vulnerabilities-cve-2025-32975-cve-2025-32976-cve-2025-32977-cve-2025-32978)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-32975 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-32975.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-32975 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:15:15.956Z