Incomplete patch leads to administrative account takeover
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A fix for a previous security bug was incomplete, leaving a way for attackers to bypass login protections and take control of admin accounts in N-central. This is critical because admin accounts have full access to the system.
An incomplete patch for CVE-2026-18556 fails to fully remediate the authentication bypass vulnerability, enabling attackers to circumvent authentication controls and assume administrative privileges. The vulnerability affects N-central through version 2026.3.1 and allows complete account takeover of privileged users.