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CVE-2025-32975

Improper Authentication — is CVE-2025-32975real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community ground truth.

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Critical · CVSS 10EPSS 2.4%CISA KEVCWE-287 · Improper Authentication

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

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.

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Community real-world severity: Critical (Critical 2) — CVSS base score 10

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    Field note · Nadia PetrovaCurated

    Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) Improper Authentication Vulnerability — Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) contains an improper authentication vulnerability that could allow attackers to impersonate legitimate users without valid credentials. Listed in the CISA KEV catalog (added 2026-04-20) — confirmed exploited in the wild, not theoretical. FIRST EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at ~2%. Treat it as real and prioritize remediation over triage.

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    Remediation · Aisha RahmanCurated

    Required action for Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA): Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA set a federal remediation due date of 2026-05-04. After patching, verify the vulnerable path is no longer reachable before closing the finding.

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Same weakness — CWE-287 · Improper Authentication.