Exploited

CVE-2025-8875

N-able N-central · Remote monitoring and management (RMM)

N-able N-Central Insecure Deserialization Vulnerability

At a glance

Exploited. Added to CISA’s catalog of exploited vulnerabilities on August 13, 2025.

Affected product: N-able N-central (category Remote monitoring and management (RMM), indicative classification). Name in CISA’s catalog: N-able N-Central.

What should I do?

Apply the patches or mitigations from N-able; if none are available, stop using the product. For cloud services, follow the guidance from N-able.

Deadline set by CISA for US federal agencies: 7 days (due August 20, 2025). It only binds those agencies, but it is a useful measure of urgency.

N-able security advisories page (general page, not the advisory for this vulnerability)
The vendor’s specific advisory is listed in the NVD references: CVE-2025-8875 on the NVD website.

Original text of the required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Timeline

August 13, 2025 Exploitation confirmed Added to CISA’s KEV catalog
August 14, 2025 Vulnerability published Publication date (NVD)
August 20, 2025 CISA deadline Remediation deadline set for US federal agencies

The facts, with their sources

Exploitation confirmed: Yes, on August 13, 2025 Date added to the catalog of exploited vulnerabilities. Exploitation itself may have started earlier. Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 14:57 UTC
Ransomware: No known use to date That does not guarantee it is not being used: the information is not public. Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 14:57 UTC
Hunt for compromise: Not requested by CISA Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 14:57 UTC
CISA required action: Apply the patches or mitigations from N-able; if none are available, stop using the product. For cloud services, follow the guidance from N-able. Rewritten by this site from CISA’s original text. Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 14:57 UTC
CISA deadline: August 20, 2025, 7 days Set for US federal agencies: a measure of urgency, not an obligation elsewhere. Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 14:57 UTC
Vulnerability published: August 14, 2025 Source: National Vulnerability Database (NVD), collected September 29, 2026 at 15:00 UTC
Product according to CISA: N-able N-Central Filed by this site under “Remote monitoring and management (RMM)” (indicative classification). Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 14:57 UTC
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Technical detail of the score: attack vector, complexity, impact. Source: National Vulnerability Database (NVD), collected September 29, 2026 at 15:00 UTC

Severity and activity

7.8 / 10 CVSS severity: high

Score from the NVD. Collected Sep 29, 2026.

— Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS)

FIRST’s EPSS model. Since exploitation is already confirmed, this figure is mostly useful to compare activity. Collected Sep 29, 2026.

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.

N-able N-Central contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability that could lead to command execution.

Summary from CISA (KEV catalog).

CERT-FR advisories

No advisory among the latest CERT-FR publications this site follows. That does not mean there are none.

Information reused under the Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab); the date of last update is shown for each advisory. This site is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by ANSSI.

Sources for this page

CISA KEV catalog: exploitation, date added, required action, deadline, ransomware.
NVD (NIST): CVSS severity, publication date, description, vendor references.
EPSS (FIRST): probability of exploitation.
CERT-FR: advisories and alerts (in French).
Brand and category: indicative classification by this site (method).