CVE-2021-32086EPSS p23.9%
CVE-2021-32086CVE-2021-32086
quest / kace_systems_management_appliance
Description
An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. It uses a hardcoded symmetric encryption key to encrypt secrets in the MySQL databases. (This key is not unique for each installation.) An attacker that gains access to the MySQL server or a backup files can decrypt the secrets. Often, the decrypted secrets can be used to escalate privileges within KACE, or gain privileged access to unrelated systems or services.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.33% probability of exploitation · percentile 23.9% · 2026-10-06T12:00:23Z |
| Last modified | 2026-08-03 |