Command injection in N-able N-central
Priority CRITICAL 100Exploited in the wildCWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in N-able N-central allows OS Command Injection.This issue affects N-central: before 2025.3.1.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2025-08-13CISA due date 2025-08-20
EPSS 0.04078 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed N-central (N-able): 2025.3.1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Active
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA N-central (N-able) Fixed in 2025.3.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
N-able N-central 2025.3.1
2 records Highest priority Priority CRITICAL 2 CRITICAL
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-08125 Insecure deserialization in N-able N-centralPriority CRITICAL 100
Timeline
- 2025-08-13 Added to CISA KEV
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-8876
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mv58-xq9x-f6c5
- 2026-10-29 EPSS moved to the 90th–95th percentile
More N-able N-central vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-59007 pre-authentication remote code execution KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-08125 Insecure deserialization in N-able N-central KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-15225 Incomplete patch leads to administrative account takeover KEVCVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2026-15214 Unauthenticated administrative account takeover KEVCVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2025-10725 N-central Multiple XXE Injection Vulnerabilities CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
- TI-2024-18776 N-central Authentication Bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-8876 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-8876 · NVD
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mv58-xq9x-f6c5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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