CVE-2026-86218

Q: How do I fix CVE-2026-86218?

Upgrade n-central to 2026.3 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2026-86218 being actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2026-86218 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation has been observed in the wild. US federal agencies were required to remediate it by 2026-09-11. Treat it as a priority whatever its CVSS score says.

Q: How severe is CVE-2026-86218?

CVE-2026-86218 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2026-86218 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for n-central (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICALCISA KEV

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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

CWE-96

How to fix

Remediation Available

n-centralNVD

Affected:< 2026.3Fixed in:2026.3CVE-2026-86218derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.74%probability of exploitation in 30 days

53rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 53% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

Remediation due: 2026-09-11

References

Vendor Advisory1

me.n-able.com

Government Resource1

cisa.gov

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2022-43938	High	8.8	26%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-37900	Medium	6.4	16%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-6144	Critical	9.8	6.2%	-	-
CVE-2020-6143	Critical	9.8	6.2%	-	-
CVE-2021-39115	High	7.2	4.5%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-0895	Critical	9.8	1.7%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2026-86218?

Upgrade n-central to 2026.3 or later.

Is CVE-2026-86218 being actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2026-86218 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation has been observed in the wild. US federal agencies were required to remediate it by 2026-09-11. Treat it as a priority whatever its CVSS score says.

How severe is CVE-2026-86218?

CVE-2026-86218 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2026-86218 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for n-central (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-09-09.