Unauthenticated brute-force protection bypass via cookie removal
Published Jul 27, 2026 · Updated Jul 27, 2026
Rate-limit bypass in Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance 11.0.273 allows remote attackers to brute-force API credentials. The affected API endpoints rely on the client-supplied kboxid cookie for throttling and fail to enforce the request limit when that cookie is omitted. The bypass is remotely reachable without prior authentication and removes the intended limit on repeated credential guesses.
Summary
What happened
Rate-limit bypass in Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance 11.0.273 allows remote attackers to brute-force API credentials. The affected API endpoints rely on the client-supplied kboxid cookie for throttling and fail to enforce the request limit when that cookie is omitted. The bypass is remotely reachable without prior authentication and removes the intended limit on repeated credential guesses.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-32088
- Published
- Jul 27, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 27, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-384, T1110.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 27, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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