Type Vulnerability
N-able N-Central contains a command injection vulnerability via improper sanitisation of user input. Known-exploited catalogue reports exploitation in the wild.
N-able · Code execution
N-able N-Central Command Injection Vulnerability
CVE-2025-8876
What this means
This is rated critical severity (9.4 out of 10). It is on the known-exploited catalogue, which means attacks using it have already been seen. Ask IT whether N Able N Central is in your estate, and treat that as the priority.
Full vendor description
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in N-able N-central allows OS Command Injection.This issue affects N-central: before 2025.3.1.
Scoring and exploitation
9.4/ 10
CVSS 4.0 base scoreCritical
Exploitable over the network with a low-privilege account, and no one has to click or open anything. High impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability, subsequent confidentiality, subsequent integrity and subsequent availability.
CVSS: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/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Exploitability
Longer bar: easier to attack
Attack vectorNetworkAV:N
Attack complexityLowAC:L
Attack requirementsNoneAT:N
Privileges requiredLowPR:L
User interactionNoneUI:N
Impact
Longer bar: more harm
ConfidentialityHighVC:H
IntegrityHighVI:H
AvailabilityHighVA:H
Subsequent confidentialityHighSC:H
Subsequent integrityHighSI:H
Subsequent availabilityHighSA:H
- ~4.1% estimated chance of attack in 30 daysModel estimate (): a probability signal, not confirmed exploitation
- Exploited in the wild
- Yes — confirmed exploitation (US CISA )
- Not reported
- Listed product
- N-able N-Central
Weaknesses
CWE-20CWE-78
Affected products ()
- N Able N Central
Show the raw CPE strings (1)
- cpe:2.3:a:n-able:n-central:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References
2 links from the CVE record, grouped by site.
status.n-able.com1 link
cisa.gov1 link
- known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (opens in a new tab)US Government Resource