TI-2021-12041 Aliases CVE-2021-32088 GHSA-wr85-vcm8-q7f4

An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273.

MEDIUM 49CWE-384Published 2026-07-27 · Updated 2026-07-28

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-384.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. Certain API endpoints contain a rate-limiting feature to minimize a brute-force attack. This protection can be bypassed by removing the kboxid cookie.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00516 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:quest:kace_systems_management_appliance:11.0.273:::::::*	11.0.273	Vulnerable	Quest

cpe:2.3:a:quest:kace_systems_management_appliance:11.0.273:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0.273 Vulnerable ·Quest

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-32088
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wr85-vcm8-q7f4

References

Advisory 1

https://support.quest.com/kace-systems-management-appliance/kb/4293505/quest-response-to-criticalstart-vulnerability-report

Other 1

https://support.quest.com/download-product-select

TI-2025-23985 Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) 13.0.x before 13.0.385, 13.1.x before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2021-12037 An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-12039 An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-12168 A SQL injection vulnerability exists within Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-09298 SQL injection exists in Quest KACE Asset Management Appliance 6.4.120822 through 7.2… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2019-09668 Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance Server Center version 9.1.317 is vulnerable to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences