N-able N-Central Insecure Deserialization Vulnerability
N-able N-Central contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability that could lead to command execution.
A local attacker, with a low-privilege account, can achieve full data confidentiality loss, arbitrary modification of data, complete denial of service or system unavailability. Federal agencies are required to remediate by 2025-08-20 under CISA BOD 22-01.
This is a Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) vulnerability in N-able N-Central. Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in N-able N-central allows Local Execution of Code.This issue affects N-central: before 2025.3.1. Exploitation requires local access, low attack complexity, a low-privilege authenticated account, and no user interaction required.
Probably yes if any of these apply:
CISA added this CVE to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-08-13 based on evidence of active exploitation in the wild. Federal agencies required to remediate by 2025-08-20.
Manual remediation steps
Apply the Vendor Patch
This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — apply the vendor's security update as soon as possible.
CISA 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.
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