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GHSA-5F24-G9G9-M3V8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-06 03:30 – Updated: 2026-09-06 03:30

Details

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

Severity

10.0 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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CVE-2026-86218 (GCVE-0-2026-86218)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-06 02:15 – Updated: 2026-09-06 02:15

Title

pre-authentication remote code execution

Summary

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

Severity

10 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

CWE

CWE-96 - Improper neutralization of directives in statically saved code ('static code injection')

Assigner

N-able mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://me.n-able.com/s/security-advisory/aArVy00…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
N-able	N-central	Affected: 0 , < 2026.3.1.14 (custom)

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GHSA-5F24-G9G9-M3V8

CVE-2026-86218 (GCVE-0-2026-86218)

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