N Central
CVE-2020-25618
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
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1DescriptionNVD
An issue was discovered in SolarWinds N-Central 12.3.0.670. The sudo configuration has incorrect access control because the nable web user account is effectively able to run arbitrary OS commands as root (i.e., the use of root privileges is not limited to specific programs listed in the sudoers file).
AnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in SolarWinds N-Central 12.3.0.670. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. An issue was discovered in SolarWinds N-Central 12.3.0.670. The sudo configuration has incorrect access control because the nable web user account is effectively able to run arbitrary OS commands as root (i.e., the use of root privileges is not limited to specific programs listed in the sudoers file). Affected products include: Solarwinds N-Central.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Avoid passing user input to shell commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell execution. Apply strict input validation with allowlists.
Pre-authentication remote code execution in N-able N-central before 2026.3.1.14 allows unauthenticated remote attackers
Authentication bypass and account takeover in N-able N-central through version 2026.3.1 stem from an incomplete remediat
Authentication bypass in N-able N-central through version 2026.1 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to circumvent a
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N-able N-central before 2025.3.1 contains an OS command injection through improper input validation, companion vulnerabi
The N-central server is vulnerable to an authentication bypass of the user interface. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8)
SolarWinds N-central through 2020.1 allows session hijacking and requires user interaction or physical access. Rated hig
Authentication bypass in N-able N-central before version 2026.3 HF 3 permits low-privileged authenticated users to acces
SolarWinds N-central before 12.1 SP1 HF5 and 12.2 before SP1 HF2 allows remote attackers to retrieve cleartext domain ad
Unauthenticated remote access to restricted internal APIs is possible in N-able N-central due to an incomplete access co
The N-central server is vulnerable to session rebinding of already authenticated users when using Entra SSO, which can l
An issue was discovered in SolarWinds N-Central 12.3.0.670. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remote
Same weakness CWE-78 – OS Command Injection
View allSame technique Command Injection
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