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CVE-2025-32976

CVSS v3.1 8.8 (HIGH) · EPSS 0.1% (higher than 40.0% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 6/10 · Published 2025-06-24

As of 2025-11-03, CVE-2025-32976 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability, CVSS v3.1 8.8, EPSS 0.1% (40.0th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2025-32976, most recently “Quest KACE SMA Critical Authentication Bypass Actively Exploited in Education Sector (CVE-2025-32975)”.

Last updated: 2025-11-03

What is CVE-2025-32976?

Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) 13.0.x before 13.0.385, 13.1.x before 13.1.81, 13.2.x before 13.2.183, 14.0.x before 14.0.341 (Patch 5), and 14.1.x before 14.1.101 (Patch 4) contains a logic flaw in its two-factor authentication implementation that allows authenticated users to bypass TOTP-based 2FA requirements. The vulnerability exists in the 2FA validation process and can be exploited to gain elevated access.

The record classifies CVE-2025-32976 under weakness class CWE-288. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. The identifier was first published 445 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score: 8.8 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST): 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40.0% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV: Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Threadlinqs priority: 6/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
Published: 2025-06-24, last modified 2025-11-03

Is CVE-2025-32976 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 15 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

No affected-product or package list has been recorded for CVE-2025-32976 in the tracked sources. The vendor advisory and the references below are the authoritative statement of what is affected.

How to fix CVE-2025-32976

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2025-32976 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat any affected deployment as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2025-32976

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2025-32976, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Quest KACE SMA Critical Authentication Bypass Actively Exploited in Education Sector (CVE-2025-32975) — CRITICAL · 2026-03-21

Sources

Seeded from nvd and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.

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