CVE-2026-125879: N-able Local privilege escalation to root via nable-writable syslog-ng config
This N-able advisory covers CVE-2026-125879 in N-central.
- CVE-2026-125879
Key facts
- Vendor rating
- High, CVSS 8.6
- CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N· base score 8.6, scored by N-ableAttack vector: network. Attack complexity: low. Attack requirements: none. Privileges required: high. User interaction: none. Confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system: high. Integrity impact on the vulnerable system: high. Availability impact on the vulnerable system: low. Confidentiality impact on subsequent systems: none. Integrity impact on subsequent systems: none. Availability impact on subsequent systems: none.- Weakness
- CWE-266 Incorrect privilege assignment
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none observed. Automatable: no. Technical impact: total. CISA, .
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalogue checked )
- Affected
- N-central before 26.4.1
- Fixed in
- 26.4.1
- Source published
- Source revised
- Listed by VulniPulse
- Record changed
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Affected products & platforms
Description
Incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in N-able N-central allows Privilege Escalation.
This issue affects N-central: before 26.4.1.
Text from the source record.
- N-central before 26.4.1
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched ·verify at source
How to fix CVE-2026-125879
Upgrade to a fixed release named by N-able:
- 26.4.1
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