Actively exploited · Published Aug 14, 2025 · Assigned by N-able

CVE-2025-8875Insecure Deserialization Vulnerability

Critical 9.4 Exploited

In plain English

A critical-severity unsafe deserialization in N-central from N-able. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on August 13, 2025). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.3% (higher than 84% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)9.4Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.3%top 16.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Aug 13, 2025
Attack tooling1Public PoC

CISA guidance

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Federal agencies must remediate by Aug 20, 2025.

Official description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in N-able N-central allows Local Execution of Code.This issue affects N-central: before 2025.3.1.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
N-able N-central 0 – before 2025.3.1

Weakness: CWE-502 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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