CVE-2025-32975

critical

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.

References

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/22

https://seralys.com/research/CVE-2025-32975.txt

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/25

https://www.securityweek.com/organizations-warned-of-exploited-cisco-kentico-zimbra-vulnerabilities/

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/21/cisa-flags-another-cisco-catalyst-sd-wan-manager-bug-as-exploited-cve-2026-20133/

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/cisa-adds-8-exploited-flaws-to-kev-sets.html

https://securityaffairs.com/191080/hacking/u-s-cisa-adds-cisco-catalyst-kentico-xperience-papercut-ng-mf-synacor-zcs-quest-kace-sma-and-jetbrains-teamcity-flaws-to-its-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog.html

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2026/04/20/cisa-adds-eight-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/hackers-exploit-cve-2025-32975-cvss-100.html

https://www.securityweek.com/critical-quest-kace-vulnerability-potentially-exploited-in-attacks/

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-32975

https://support.quest.com/kb/4379499/quest-response-to-kace-sma-vulnerabilities-cve-2025-32975-cve-2025-32976-cve-2025-32977-cve-2025-32978

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-06-24

Updated: 2026-04-21

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.46502

Vulnerability Watch

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