CVE-2025-8876

Command Injection Vulnerability

  • Critical 9.4
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 13 Aug 2025

Description

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

Key facts

Published
14 Aug 2025
Last changed
21 Oct 2025
Assigned by
N-able
KEV added
13 Aug 2025
KEV fix due
20 Aug 2025
EPSS
4.006% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 90.712% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 9.4CVSS 4.0, Criticalfrom the CNA (N-able)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

What to do

  • Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

CAPEC-88 OS Command Injection (CNA impact statement)

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

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Affected products

VendorProductVersions
N-ableN-central
  • Default status: unaffected
  • 0 up to but excluding 2025.3.1 (affected)

Timeline

  1. 13 Aug 2025 CVE-2025-8876 added to CISA KEV
  2. 13 Aug 2025 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue
  3. 14 Aug 2025 Published

Weakness

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