CVE-2021-32085: High severity Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) vulnerability
Published Jul 27, 2026
·Updated
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.
Affected Software
2 affected components
Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA)=11.0.273
Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance=11.0.273
Remediation
Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
- Configuration
Change the password for the report MySQL account from the publicly known value 'box747' to a unique strong password.
Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) MySQL report account password = Change from box747 to a unique strong password - Configuration
Change the password for the R1 MySQL account from the publicly known value 'box747' to a unique strong password.
Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) MySQL R1 account password = Change from box747 to a unique strong password
Event History
Jul 27, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·10:16 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software