CVE•Published 2026-07-27•Modified 2026-07-28•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2021-32086
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. It uses a hardcoded symmetric encryption key to encrypt secrets in the MySQL databases. (This key is not unique for each installation.) An attacker that gains access to the MySQL server or a backup files can decrypt the secrets. Often, the decrypted secrets can be used to escalate privileges within KACE, or gain privileged access to unrelated systems or services.
Timeline
Published 2026-07-27
Modified 2026-07-28
External references
Search for exposed instances
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More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2021-32086Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2021-32086Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2021-32086Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2021-32086GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2021-32086" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2021-32086 on GitHub.