CVE-2025-26850

9.3 CRITICAL

Published: July 05, 2025 Modified: April 15, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://support.quest.com/kb/4378559/quest-response-to-kace-sma-agent-vulnerability-cve-2025-26850

Source: cve@mitre.org

1 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

9.3 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.0%

7th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-863

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