Known exploited · N-able
CVE-2025-8876: N-able N-Central Command Injection Vulnerability
What it is
N-able N-Central contains a command injection vulnerability via improper sanitization of user input.
- Vendor
- N-able
- Product
- N-Central
- Added to KEV
- August 13, 2025
- CISA due date
- August 20, 2025
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Weakness
- Not mapped by CISA
What CISA requires
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Forensic triage
No
What to do now
- Find every instance of N-Central you run, including the forgotten ones, and check its version against the vendor advisory.
- Apply the vendor's fix or mitigation, before August 20, 2025 if you are bound by CISA's deadline, sooner if it faces the internet.
- Assume it was tried against you already: look for signs of exploitation from the date it was added, not from the day you patched.
References
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Start freeSource: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog (public domain), catalog version 2026.10.01.