U.S. CISA adds N-able N-Central flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

N-able N-central, an RMM platform widely used by managed service providers, contains an OS command injection flaw (CWE-78) caused by improper input validation (CWE-20), allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary operating-system commands on the N-central server. The flaw is reachable over the network (AV:N) and requires only low-privileged access with no user interaction, per the CVSS 4.0 vector. Successful exploitation yields high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and the 'subsequent system' impacts indicate compromise can extend beyond the N-central server itself, putting all endpoints that the affected MSP manages at risk. All N-central deployments running versions before 2025.3.1 are affected. The flaw is being exploited in the wild: CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-08-13 following reported customer compromises, though no public proof-of-concept is known and ransomware use is unknown.

Do: Upgrade N-central to version 2025.3.1 or later immediately, as the flaw is under active exploitation and CISA KEV requires federal agencies to apply vendor mitigations per BOD 22-01 or discontinue use. MSPs should check their N-central servers for signs of compromise, review accounts for anomalous or low-privileged sessions, and assume downstream managed endpoints may be at risk given the subsequent-system impact. Note that this is one of two recently patched N-central flaws being exploited in the wild, so ensure all recent hotfixes (multiple releases in recent weeks) are applied.