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1 vulnerability found for KACE Systems Management Appliance by Quest
CVE-2025-26850 (GCVE-0-2025-26850)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-04 00:00 – Updated: 2025-07-08 14:36
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The agent in Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) before 14.0.97 and 14.1.x before 14.1.19 potentially allows privilege escalation on managed systems.
Severity
9.3 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-08 13:16 UTC
CWE
- CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
mitre
CNA
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quest | KACE Systems Management Appliance |
Affected:
0 , < 14.0.97
(custom)
Affected: 14.1.0 , < 14.1.19 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:quest:kace_systems_management_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:quest:kace_systems_management_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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