What is CVE-2025-67813?

CVE-2025-67813 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Quest Kace Desktop Authority, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2025-67813?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Quest Kace Desktop Authority

CVE-2025-67813

Quest KACE Desktop Authority through 11.3.1 has Insecure Permissions on the Named Pipes used for inter-process communication

Published 2026-01-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 11.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Quest Kace Desktop Authority

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

quest.com (Product)
support.quest.com/kb/4381743/quest-kace-desktop-authority-insecure-named-pipe-p… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-67813?: CVE-2025-67813 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Quest Kace Desktop Authority, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2025-67813?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.