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CVE-2025-32975

CVE detail

CVE-2025-32975

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.

CVSS 10.0 · CriticalBuzz score 53.8KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 53.8

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 20.8 · diversity 8.0 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0

Mention score

20.8

7 evidence mentions in the snapshot

Diversity score

8.0

3 sources across 1 categories

KEV score

25.0

Known exploited vulnerability present

OTX score

0.0

0 OTX pulses

PoC score

0.0

0 repos · best confidence N/A

Best PoC traction

Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions: 0; within the 30d window
Peak daily: 0; highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first

7 source links · newest first

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Exploit code

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Metadata

Canonical fields

NVD status

Unavailable

Published

Jun 24, 2025

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Official record

Authoritative NVD record

CVSS vector

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

CWE IDs

Vendor classifications

How this vector reads

CVSS 3.1 base metrics decoded below. This explanation does not recalculate or change the NVD score.

Attack Vector (AV): Network. The vulnerable system can be reached across network boundaries.
Attack Complexity (AC): Low. No special conditions beyond the attacker-controlled steps are required.
Privileges Required (PR): None. The attacker needs no privileges on the vulnerable system.
User Interaction (UI): None. Exploitation does not require another user to act.
Scope (S): Changed. Impacts can cross into a different security authority.
Confidentiality Impact (C): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.
Integrity Impact (I): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.
Availability Impact (A): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.

Signals

Exploitation indicators

1 stored signals · KEV present · 0 OTX pulses

KEVKEV
- cwes: CWE-287
- dueDate: 2026-05-04
- knownRansomwareCampaignUse: Unknown
- notes: 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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32975
- product: KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)
- requiredAction: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- shortDescription: Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) contains an improper authentication vulnerability that could allow attackers to impersonate legitimate users without valid credentials.
- vendorProject: Quest
- vulnerabilityName: Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) Improper Authentication Vulnerability
Observed Apr 20, 2026, 12:00 AM