CVEs / CVE-2025-8875
CVE-2025-8875: N-able N-Central Insecure Deserialization Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 13 Aug 2025
- high 7.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 2.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
N-able N-Central contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability that could lead to command execution.
Description
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in N-able N-central allows Local Execution of Code.This issue affects N-central: before 2025.3.1.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| N-able N-central | before 2025.3.1 | 2025.3.1 |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 13 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 20 Aug 2025 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| 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. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-502 |
References
- CVE-2025-8875 on NVD
- CVE-2025-8875 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://status.n-able.com/2025/08/13/announcing-the-ga-of-n-central-2025-3-1/ (cited by CISA)
- https://status.n-able.com/2025/08/13/announcing-the-ga-of-n-central-2025-3-1/ Release Notes
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-8875 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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