CVE-2026-125879 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in N-able N-central allows Privilege Escalation.

This issue affects N-central: before 26.4.1.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00404.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

N-able

N-central

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 26.4.1

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://me.n-able.com/s/security-advisory/aArVy0000002ikvKAA/cve2026125879-local-privilege-escalation-to-root-via-nablewritable-config

History

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in N-able N-central allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects N-central: before 26.4.1.
Title		Local privilege escalation to root via nable-writable syslog-ng config
Weaknesses		CWE-266
References		https://me.n-able.com/s/security-advisory/aArVy0000002ikvKAA/cve2026125879-local-privilege-escalation-to-root-via-nablewritable-config
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 8.6, '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'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: N-able

Published: 2026-11-10T21:23:18.540Z

Updated: 2026-11-11T13:59:08.131Z

Reserved: 2026-11-10T12:55:11.705Z

Link: CVE-2026-125879

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-10T22:18:30.553

Modified: 2026-11-11T14:17:40.047

Link: CVE-2026-125879

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-266

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