Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-8876

N-able N-Central Command Injection Vulnerability

Published Aug 13, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · N-able N-central

Patch now

CVE-2025-8876 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Aug 20, 2025. Confirm N-able N-central against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Critical9.4
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
3.45%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe n-able/n-central · vendor N-able N-Central · vendor N-able N-central

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in N-able N-central allows OS Command Injection.This issue affects N-central: before 2025.3.1.

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  • cpe n-able/n-centralversion unspecified
  • vendor N-able N-Centralversion unspecified
  • vendor N-able N-centralversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-8876

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-8876 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Aug 20, 2025. Confirm N-able N-central against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation; CWE-78: OS Command Injection. EPSS 3.45%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 13, 2025 · Catalog

    Detected

    Improper Input Validation vulnerability in N-able N-central allows OS Command Injection.This issue affects N-central: before 2025.3.1.

  2. Aug 13, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Aug 20, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Jun 17, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Improper Input Validation vulnerability in N-able N-central allows OS Command Injection.This issue affects N-central: before 2025.3.1.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-8876

    N-able N-Central contains a command injection vulnerability via improper sanitization of user input.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-8876

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-8876

    30-day exploitation probability 3.4%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-8876

    Improper Input Validation vulnerability in N-able N-central allows OS Command Injection.This issue affects N-central: before 2025.3.1.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-8876

    N-able N-Central contains a command injection vulnerability via improper sanitization of user input.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.