Latest N-able N-central vulnerabilities #

N-able has disclosed two vulnerabilities in certain versions of N-central. There is evidence that these vulnerabilities are being actively exploited in the wild.

  • A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability allows a remote, low-privileged adversary to execute arbitrary code on the system. This vulnerability has been designated CVE-2025-8875 and has been rated critical with a CVSS score of 9.4.
  • An improper input validation vulnerability allows a remote, low-privileged adversary to execute arbitrary OS commands on the system. This vulnerability has been designated CVE-2025-8876 and has been rated critical with a CVSS score of 9.4.

The following versions are affected

  • N-central versions prior to 2025.3.1

What is the impact? #

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities would allow an adversary to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable host, potentially leading to complete system compromise.

Are updates or workarounds available? #

Users are encouraged to update to the latest version as quickly as possible:

  • N-central upgrade to version 2025.3.1 or later

How to find potentially vulnerable systems with runZero #

From the Service inventory, use the following query to locate potentially vulnerable assets:

_asset.protocol:http AND protocol:http AND has:html.title AND html.title:="N-central Login Redirect"

Written by Matthew Kienow

Matthew Kienow is a software engineer and security researcher. Matthew previously worked on the Recog recognition framework, AttackerKB as well as Metasploit's MSF 5 APIs. He has also designed, built, and successfully deployed many secure software solutions; however, often he enjoys breaking them instead. He has presented his research at various security conferences including DerbyCon, Hack In Paris, and CarolinaCon. His research has been cited by CSO, Threatpost and SC Magazine.

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