CVE-2025-32975: Arctic Wolf Observes Exploitation of Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance
Starting the week of March 9, 2026, Arctic Wolf observed malicious activity in customer environments potentially linked to the exploitation of CVE-2025-32975 on unpatched Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) instances that were publicly exposed to the internet. This vulnerability was patched in May 2025. Quest KACE SMA is an on-premises appliance for centralized endpoint management, providing inventory, software deployment, patching, and endpoint monitoring capabilities.