Critical severity · published Jul 4, 2025
CVE-2025-26850
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
9.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% 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
before 14.0.97; 14.1.0 before 14.1.19 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-26850
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-26850
support.quest.com
https://support.quest.com/kb/4378559/quest-response-to-kace-sma-agent-vulnerability-cve-2025-26850
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