High severity · published Jul 27, 2026
CVE-2021-32087
An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. It installs with default user credentials. The kbftp account has a password of getbxf, which is publicly known and documented. This allows remote attackers to trivially gain privileged access to the FTP service interface, which contains MySQL backups. Sensitive information is stored in the database, such as privileged credentials for other systems.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KS
Kace Systems Management Appliance · Quest
11.0.273 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32087
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32087
Product
https://support.quest.com/download-product-select
Vendor Advisory
https://support.quest.com/kace-systems-management-appliance/kb/4293505/quest-response-to-criticalstart-vulnerability-report
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