Name: CVE-2026-86218: Improper Neutralization of Directives in Statically Saved Code
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2026-86218, CWE-96, Exploited in the Wild, CISA KEV Exploit, Metasploit Module, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.12928, CISA KEV

Emergent ThreatCVE-2026-18577:N-able N-central Authentication Bypass Exploited in the WildBlog ↗

N-central is vulnerable to a pre-auth remote code execution This issue affects N-central: before 2026.3.1.14.

CVSS Details

CVSS 4.0 Base Score: 10 (CRITICAL)
CVSS 4.0 Vector: (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X)
CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
N Able N Central	—	Upgrade to the latest version of N-Central	Sep 9, 2026	Sep 6, 2026

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