CVE-2025-8876
N-able N-Central: Command Injection
As of , CVE-2025-8876 in N-able N-Central is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 13 August 2025
- US federal deadline
- 20 August 20257 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.03Higher than 88% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- Vendor advice: status.n-able.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
N-able N-Central contains a command injection vulnerability via improper sanitization of user input.
CISA's description
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in N-able N-central allows OS Command Injection.This issue affects N-central: before 2025.3.1.
The CVE record's description, from N-able
- CVE published
- 14 August 2025
- Assigned by
- N-able
- CVSS
- 9.4 Critical (CVSS 4.0, from the CNA)
- CWE-20
- Improper Input Validation
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The CVE record was published.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
N-Central: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-86218Static Code Injection | N-able N-central | Patch nowForensic triage required by CISA | 0.13 | ||
| CVE-2026-18577Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel | N-able N-central | Patch nowForensic triage required by CISA | 0.15 | ||
| CVE-2026-18556Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel | N-able N-central | Patch nowForensic triage required by CISA | 0.08 | ||
| CVE-2025-8875Insecure Deserialization | N-able N-Central | Patch soon | 0.02 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org