CVE•Published 2026-07-27•Modified 2026-08-03•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data

CVE-2021-32087Quest · Kace_systems_management_appliance

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

HIGH

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

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 78% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-798Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Description

An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. It installs with default user credentials. The kbftp account has a password of getbxf, which is publicly known and documented. This allows remote attackers to trivially gain privileged access to the FTP service interface, which contains MySQL backups. Sensitive information is stored in the database, such as privileged credentials for other systems.

Timeline

Published 2026-07-27

Modified 2026-08-03

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2021-32087

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product + version

product:"Quest Kace Systems Management Appliance" version:"11.0.273"

Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Kace Systems Management Appliance"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Kace Systems Management Appliance" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2021-32087