CVE-2026-125879highCWE-266

CVE-2026-125879: high-severity vulnerability in N-able N-central

Local privilege escalation to root via nable-writable syslog-ng config

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18Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 8.6
Incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in N-able N-central allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects N-central: before 26.4.1.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
N-able · N-central
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