Intelligence Briefing Data Privacy & Cybersecurity CISA Adds Quest KACE SMA Auth Bypass to Exploit...

CVSS 10.0 flaw in systems management appliance confirmed under active attack.

CISA added CVE-2025-32975 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-04-20, confirming active exploitation. The vulnerability is a critical (CVSS 10.0) authentication bypass in Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance affecting versions 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). Exploitation occurs through the SSO authentication handling mechanism and enables complete administrative takeover without valid credentials. As a KEV catalog entry, this binding directive requires federal civilian agencies to remediate under BOD 22-01.

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CISA KEV: CVE-2025-32975 Critical Auth Bypass in KACE SMA

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