An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. If a customer restricts access to the web console by IP address or subnets, the API endpoints are not restricted. If credentials/API keys are known to an attacker, the appliance can still be accessed via the API, leading to a potential compromise of the entire environment that is configured for KACE.

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Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Title API Endpoints Unrestricted Despite IP Whitelisting in Quest KACE SMA
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-285
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Quest
Quest kace Systems Deployment Appliance
Vendors & Products Quest
Quest kace Systems Deployment Appliance

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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Description An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. If a customer restricts access to the web console by IP address or subnets, the API endpoints are not restricted. If credentials/API keys are known to an attacker, the appliance can still be accessed via the API, leading to a potential compromise of the entire environment that is configured for KACE.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-28T14:55:09.026Z

Reserved: 2021-05-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-32084

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-28T14:37:40.251Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-28T15:45:17Z

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