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CVE-2026-18577

8.1, high Known exploited

N-able N-central Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Vulnerability

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CVSS
8.1, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
15% higher than 96.6% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
2 Aug 20262 months ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 3 Aug 2026. US federal agencies had to remediate by 6 Aug 2026, a deadline that has passed.

Required action. Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

Description

An incomplete patch for CVE-2026-18556 allows for authentication bypass and account takeover in N-central Versions through 2026.3.1

Details

Vendor
N-able
Product
N-central
Weakness
CWE-288 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
4 Aug 2026
Assigner
a5532a13-c4dd-4202-bef1-e0b8f2f8d12b

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References 5

Patches and fixes 1

Advisories 1

Other references 3

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other N-able CVEs

Every N-able CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2026-86218 N-able N-central Static Code Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 13% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2026-18556 N-able N-central Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Vulnerability KEV EPSS 8% 7.4, high
  • CVE-2025-8875 N-able N-Central Insecure Deserialization Vulnerability KEV EPSS 2% 7.8, high
  • CVE-2025-8876 N-able N-Central Command Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 3% 8.8, high

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.