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CVE-2025-8876

N-able N-Central Command Injection Vulnerability

KEVCRITICAL 9.4EPSS 3.33%

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Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 20 August 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in N-able N-central allows OS Command Injection.This issue affects N-central: before 2025.3.1.

CVSS 4.0: 9.4 CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS: 3.33% probability · 88th percentile
CISA KEV: Listed 13 August 2025 · due 20 August 2025
Weakness: CWE-20, CWE-78
Affected: n-able/n-central
Source: a5532a13-c4dd-4202-bef1-e0b8f2f8d12b

CISA notes

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://status.n-able.com/2025/08/13/announcing-the-ga-of-n-central-2025-3-1/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8876

References

https://status.n-able.com/2025/08/13/announcing-the-ga-of-n-central-2025-3-1/Release Notes
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-8876US Government Resource

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.