PT-2025-28028 · Quest · Quest Kace System Management Appliance

Published 2025-07-04 · Updated 2025-07-10 · CVE-2025-26850

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.3

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) versions 14.0.0 through 14.0.96 Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) versions 14.1.0 through 14.1.18

Description: The issue potentially allows privilege escalation on managed systems.

Recommendations: For versions 14.0.0 through 14.0.96, update to version 14.0.97 or later. For versions 14.1.0 through 14.1.18, update to version 14.1.19 or later.

Fix

LPE

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-26850

Affected Products

Quest Kace System Management Appliance

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-26850 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/1941280729960255806 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/127740 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1941278860642811990 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1943263974058827969 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1941349226501517767 · Twitter Post
• https://support.quest.com/kb/4378559/quest-response-to-kace-sma-agent-vulnerability-cve-2025-26850 · Note