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.
CVSS 9.8EPSS 0.19%Risk 1
View source- Published
- 2026-07-27 22:16:57
- Affected versions
- <=11.0.273
- Type
- Critical software
- Last modified
- 2026-08-03 14:30:59
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H