CVE-2025-8876criticalunder attackCWE-20

CVE-2025-8876: critical vulnerability in N-able N-central

Command Injection Vulnerability

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58Vexday Risk Score

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ssvc Actcvss 9.4epss 4.1%
from disclosure to weapon
Published on NVDAug 14
CISA KEVAug 13
Action required by CISAfederal deadline: 2025-08-20

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

In short

N-able N-central fails to properly validate user input, allowing attackers to inject and execute arbitrary operating system commands on affected systems. This critical flaw can lead to complete system compromise.

Technical detail

An OS command injection vulnerability exists in N-central versions prior to 2025.3.1 due to improper input validation (CWE-20). An attacker can inject malicious commands through unsanitized user input, achieving remote code execution with system-level privileges. Exploitation requires network access to the affected N-central instance.

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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/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Affected products
N-able · N-central