CVE-2026-86218

N-central is vulnerable to a pre-auth remote code execution This issue affects N-central: before 2026.3.1.14.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://me.n-able.com/s/security-advisory/aArVy0000002Ld3KAE/cve202686218-preauthentication-remote-code-execution	Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-86218	US Government Resource

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:n-able:n-central::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:n-able:n-central:2026.3:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:n-able:n-central:2026.3:hotfix1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:n-able:n-central:2026.3:hotfix2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:n-able:n-central:2026.3:hotfix3::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-09-06 03:17

Updated : 2026-09-09 05:18

NVD link : CVE-2026-86218

Mitre link : CVE-2026-86218

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-86218

JSON object : View

Products Affected

n-able

n-central

CWE

CWE-96

Improper Neutralization of Directives in Statically Saved Code ('Static Code Injection')

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