critical Known exploitedREV. 01
CVE-2026-86218N-able N-central — Pre-Authentication Code Injection to RCE
N-able's N-central remote monitoring platform lets an unauthenticated attacker inject code that the server then runs, giving full remote code execution before any login. Versions before 2026.3.1.14 are affected and it is being exploited in the wild.
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THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 9.8/ 10 CVSS v3.1
- EPSS probability
- 7% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- CVE published
- 2026-09-06
- Added to KEV
- 2026-09-08
- Exploit published
- Not recorded
- Confidence
- medium
- Kill chain
- initial access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1190, T1059
- Severity
- critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attacker needsNetwork access to the N-central server; no account or user interaction needed
Fixed inN-central 2026.3.1.14
Behind the card
3 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02CISACISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogcisa.gov
- 03Vendor advisoryme.n-able.comme.n-able.com
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_at | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-20 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added | cisa.gov | 2026-09-20 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-09-20 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-20 | claude-code | high |
| title, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-20 | human | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.