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N-able N-central Static Code Injection Vulnerability

CVE-2026-86218

What this means

This is rated critical severity (10 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

N-central is vulnerable to a pre-auth remote code execution This issue affects N-central: before 2026.3.1.14.

Scoring and exploitation

10.0/ 10
CVSS 4.0 base scoreCritical

Exploitable over the network without any 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:N/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 requiredNonePR:N
User interactionNoneUI:N

Impact

Longer bar: more harm

ConfidentialityHighVC:H
IntegrityHighVI:H
AvailabilityHighVA:H
Subsequent confidentialityHighSC:H
Subsequent integrityHighSI:H
Subsequent availabilityHighSA:H
Elevated attack likelihood (~15.4% in 30 days)Model 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-96

Affected products ()

  • N Able N Central
Show the raw CPE strings (5)
  • cpe:2.3:a:n-able:n-central:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:n-able:n-central:2026.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:n-able:n-central:2026.3:hotfix1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:n-able:n-central:2026.3:hotfix2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:n-able:n-central:2026.3:hotfix3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References

2 links from the CVE record, grouped by site; the vendor's advisory comes first.

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