An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. It installs with default user credentials. The report and R1 MySQL accounts have a password of box747, which is publicly known and documented. This allows remote attackers to trivially gain privileged access to the MySQL databases. Sensitive information is stored in the database, such as privileged credentials for other systems.

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Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Title Default MySQL Credentials in Quest KACE SMA Enable Privileged Database Access
Weaknesses CWE-256
CWE-284

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Quest
Quest kace Systems Deployment Appliance
Vendors & Products Quest
Quest kace Systems Deployment Appliance

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Title Default MySQL Credentials in Quest KACE SMA Enable Privileged Database Access
Weaknesses CWE-256
CWE-284
CWE-798
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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Description An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. It installs with default user credentials. The report and R1 MySQL accounts have a password of box747, which is publicly known and documented. This allows remote attackers to trivially gain privileged access to the MySQL databases. Sensitive information is stored in the database, such as privileged credentials for other systems.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-28T14:55:00.720Z

Reserved: 2021-05-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-32085

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-28T14:35:57.549Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-04T14:15:10Z

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