Vulnerability in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (CVE-2021-32088)
Summary
Vulnerability in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (CVE-2021-32088). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-32088 has been found in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance CVE-2021-32088" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2021-32088 (Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance) — CWE-384 / CVSS v3 9.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-384) exists in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- patch cve@mitre.org
- web cve@mitre.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com