---
id: "CVE-2025-8876"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2025-8876"]
title: "Improper Input Validation vulnerability in N-able N-central allows OS Command Injection.This issue affects\u2026"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 9.4
epss: null
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
products: [{"name": "n-able n-central", "fixed": ["2025.3.1"], "affected": "< 2025.3.1", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "N-able N-Central", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["exploited", "msp", "n-able", "n-central", "self-hosted", "vendor"]
not_affected_if: ["unknown"]
published_at: "2025-08-13T00:00:00+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-24T00:09:50+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2025-8876", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8876", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00"}]
---

# Improper Input Validation vulnerability in N-able N-central allows OS Command Injection.This issue affects…

N-able N-Central, a remote monitoring and management platform for managed service providers, has a command injection flaw caused by improper sanitization of user input. Successful exploitation lets an attacker run operating system commands on the N-Central server, and CISA lists it as actively exploited.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:n-able n-central affected < 2025.3.1 fixed 2025.3.1
- vendor:N-able N-Central affected ? fixed ?

## Fix

Apply the mitigations in the N-able vendor advisory, as CISA directs; discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Exact patched version: unknown.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2025-8876
- 2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8876

## From the sources

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

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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