CVE-2026-86207 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An authentication bypass in N-central < 2026.3 HF 3 leads to authentication bypass in internal only APIs

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

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.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
N-able	N-central

No data.

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References

Link	Providers
https://documentation.n-able.com/N-central/Release_Notes/GA/Content/N-central_2026.3_HF3_Release_Notes.htm
https://me.n-able.com/s/security-advisory/aArVy0000002LUzKAM/cve202686207-authentication-bypass-leads-to-unauthorised-access-to-ncentral

History

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		N-able N-able n-central
Vendors & Products		N-able N-able n-central

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		An authentication bypass in N-central < 2026.3 HF 3 leads to authentication bypass in internal only APIs
Title		Authentication bypass leads to unauthorised access to N-central
Weaknesses		CWE-305
References		https://documentation.n-able.com/N-central/Release_Notes/GA/Content/N-central_2026.3_HF3_Release_Notes.htm https://me.n-able.com/s/security-advisory/aArVy0000002LUzKAM/cve202686207-authentication-bypass-leads-to-unauthorised-access-to-ncentral
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: N-able

Published: 2026-09-05T19:12:06.178Z

Updated: 2026-09-08T15:18:48.777Z

Reserved: 2026-09-05T12:27:21.549Z

Link: CVE-2026-86207

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-08T15:18:42.563Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-05T19:16:56.190

Modified: 2026-09-08T19:16:41.410

Link: CVE-2026-86207

Redhat

No data.

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