CVE-2025-26850 Privilege escalation in KACE Systems Management Appliance
The KACE SMA agent allows privilege escalation on managed systems, requiring an upgrade to secure the environment.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-26850?
CVE-2025-26850 is a critical vulnerability in Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance, published on 4 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The agent in Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) before 14.0.97 and 14.1.x before 14.1.19 potentially allows privilege escalation on managed systems.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-26850?
How do I fix CVE-2025-26850?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-26850 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-26850 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-26850 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xp38-x25m-8fpq.