VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-32086

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.33%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-07-27
Last modified2026-08-03
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-321

Primary references