CVE-2025-8876

CVE Enrichment

CVSS: 9.4 CRITICAL
EPSS: 3.45%
EPSS Percentile: 88.93%
CISA KEV: YES — Known Exploited Vulnerability

Description

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

Technical Details

CVSS Version: 4.0
CNA / NVD Source: a5532a13-c4dd-4202-bef1-e0b8f2f8d12b
Published: 14-Aug-2025 22:15
Last Modified: 17-Jun-2026 17:07
EPSS Date: 2026-10-21
CWE: CWE-20, CWE-78

CVSS Vector


            CVSS:4.0                            AV:N /
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CISA KEV Details

Date Added: 2025-08-13
Remediation Due: 2025-08-20
Known Ransomware Campaign Use: Unknown
Required Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes: https://status.n-able.com/2025/08/13/announcing-the-ga-of-n-central-2025-3-1/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8876

Affected Products / Versions

n-able / n-central
Version / affected range: * · before (exclusive) 2025.3.1
cpe:2.3:a:n-able:n-central:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References

Last enrichment sync: 22-Oct-2026 14:52
Sources: NVD · FIRST EPSS · CISA KEV
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Reported Context (2)

has drawn in-the-wild attacks: in August 2025, two other flaws in the product, CVE-2025-8875 and CVE-2025-8876, were added to CISA’s catalog the same day N-able released fixes for them. N-able Releases Fourth N-central Hotfix for Critical Pre-Auth RCE Flaw
One year ago, N-able released security updates for two N-central vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-8875 and CVE-2025-8876) that attackers were exploiting in the wild. N-able patches critical N-central RCE; exploitation remains unconfirmed

CVE (6)

MITRE ATT&CK (2)

Vendors (2)

Products (2)

Industries (1)

Countries (1)

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