CVE-2025-26850 (GCVE-0-2025-26850)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-04 00:00 – Updated: 2025-07-08 14:36
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance Affected: 0 , < 14.0.97 (custom)
Affected: 14.1.0 , < 14.1.19 (custom)
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