CVE-2026-91000: N-able Insecure IPC Channels lead to local privilege escalation
This N-able advisory covers CVE-2026-91000 in N-central.
- CVE-2026-91000
Key facts
- Vendor rating
- High, CVSS 8.4
- CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N· base score 8.4, scored by N-ableAttack vector: local. Attack complexity: low. Attack requirements: none. Privileges required: low. 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-306 Missing authentication for critical function
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalogue checked )
- Affected
- N-central before 2026.4.1
- Fixed in
- 2026.4.1
- Source published
- Source revised
- Listed by VulniPulse
- Record changed
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Affected products & platforms
Description
Missing authentication for critical function vulnerability in N-able N-central allows Privilege Escalation.
This issue affects N-central: before 2026.4.1.
Text from the source record.
- N-central before 2026.4.1
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched ·verify at source
How to fix CVE-2026-91000
Upgrade to a fixed release named by N-able:
- 2026.4.1
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