CVE-2021-32088

CRITICAL

Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance 11.0.273 - Unauthenticated Brute-Force Attack via kboxid Cookie Removal

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. Certain API endpoints contain a rate-limiting feature to minimize a brute-force attack. This protection can be bypassed by removing the kboxid cookie.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

https://support.quest.com/download-product-select

https://support.quest.com/kace-systems-management-appliance/kb/4293505/quest-response-to-criticalstart-vulnerability-report

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0030

EPSS Percentile 22.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-384

Status published

Published Jul 27, 2026

Tracked Since Jul 28, 2026