CVE-2025-32975 is a critical improper authentication vulnerability in Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) affecting the single sign-on authentication handling mechanism. The flaw allows a remote attacker to impersonate legitimate users, including administrative users, without supplying valid credentials. Available reporting indicates the issue stems from improper validation of authentication tokens or session state during the SSO process, causing the appliance to treat crafted requests as authenticated. Because KACE SMA is an on-premises endpoint and systems management platform with broad administrative control over managed devices, successful exploitation can result in complete administrative takeover of the appliance and downstream abuse of its management functions.
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A critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Quest KACE SMA's SSO authentication handling that can allow unauthenticated attackers to impersonate legitimate users, including administrators, on an internet-exposed endpoint management platform.
An improper authentication vulnerability in Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance that has been observed in opportunistic attacks enabling administrative access.
A critical improper authentication flaw in Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance that allows attackers to impersonate legitimate users without credentials.
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