Actively exploited in the wild
N-able N-central Static Code Injection Vulnerability
N-able - N-central · Listed in the CISA KEV since 2026-09-08. This indicates confirmed attacks in production environments.
Required action: Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
CVE-2026-86218
CriticalCVSS 9.8KEVExploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk53th percentile - higher than 53% of all known CVEs
Summary
N-central is vulnerable to pre-auth remote code execution. This issue affects N-central before version 2026.3.1.14.
Risk Assessment
An unauthenticated attacker can remotely execute arbitrary code on the N-central server, potentially leading to full compromise of the management system and all managed devices.
Recommendation
Immediately update N-central to version 2026.3.1.14 or later to remediate the vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in N-central
See all- CVE-2026-18577HighActively exploited
An incomplete patch for CVE-2026-18556 allows authentication bypass and account takeover in N-central versions up to 2026.3.1.
- CVE-2025-9316Medium
N-central < 2025.4 can generate sessionIDs for unauthenticated users. This issue affects N-central: before 2025.4.
- CVE-2025-11700High
N-central versions prior to 2025.4 are vulnerable to multiple XML External Entity (XXE) injection attacks leading to information disclosure. The vulnerability stems from improper handling of external XML entities.
- CVE-2025-11366Critical
N-central before 2025.4 is vulnerable to authentication bypass via path traversal.
- CVE-2026-86206Medium
A vulnerability in the N-central internal API access control filter allows unauthorised access to internal APIs. This is fixed in N-central 2026.3 HF3 and 2026.4.
- CVE-2026-86207High
An authentication bypass in N-central < 2026.3 HF 3 leads to authentication bypass in internal only APIs.
Original NVD description (English source)
N-central is vulnerable to a pre-auth remote code execution This issue affects N-central: before 2026.3.1.14.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS