N-able N-central Pre-Auth RCE Flaw Exploited in the Wild
CISA added CVE-2026-86218 (CVSS 10.0), a pre-auth RCE in N-able N-central, to KEV after N-able confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; patch by September 11.
CISA added CVE-2026-86218, a maximum-severity static code injection flaw enabling pre-authentication remote code execution in N-able N-central, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog with a September 11, 2026 deadline for federal agencies. The flaw is fixed in N-central 2026.3 Hotfix 4 (released September 5), and N-able told customers it has been observed being exploited in the wild. Separately, Huntress is investigating the compromise of a fully patched customer N-central environment on September 4 and cannot yet confirm which flaw was used, while Rapid7-disclosed CVE-2026-86206 and CVE-2026-86207 can be chained by an unauthenticated attacker to create a rogue System Administrator account.
- CVE-2026-86218 (CVSS 10.0): pre-auth static code injection RCE in N-central
- Patched in N-central 2026.3 Hotfix 4; CISA KEV deadline September 11, 2026
- N-able confirmed exploitation in the wild and urged immediate hotfixing
- Huntress probing September 4 compromise of a fully patched production server
- CVE-2026-86206/86207 chain allows unauthenticated System Administrator creation
- Vendors
- N-able
- Products
- N-central
- Victims
- Huntress customer
- Countries
- United States
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2026-86207+1 related CVE | Authentication bypass in N-able N-central internal APIs before 2026.3 HF 3 | 7.7 group max | <1% | ||
| CVE-2026-86218 | Pre-Auth Static Code Injection RCE in N-able N-central (Exploited in the Wild) | 10.0 | 15% | KEVPoC ×3 | KEV |
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The U. S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a maximum-severity security flaw impacting N-able N-central to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, requiring Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to apply the fixes by September 11, 2026.
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