CVE-2026-86218

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.8 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-09-08), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — KEV-added this weekExploited in the wild
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · public exploitExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
99(Act)
EG Risk 99/100SSVC: Act

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Fix now — active exploitation, automatable, high impact.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
53%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

September 6, 2026

Last Modified

September 9, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 16, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available. Sources: cisa.
cisa Patch Available🔴 Active Exploitation

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-86218
generic

NableMe

https://me.n-able.com/s/security-advisory/aArVy0000002Ld3KAE/cve202686218-preauthentication-remote-code-execution

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-86218(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 57× in last 7d / 122× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 122 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-19 05:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-19 00:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 20:38 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-18 20:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-18 19:20 UTCCISA KEV update
  7. 2026-09-18 16:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-18 14:15 UTCCISA KEV update
  9. 2026-09-18 12:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-18 08:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-18 03:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-17 23:36 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-17 23:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-17 19:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-17 15:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-17 10:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-17 06:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-17 02:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-16 22:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-16 18:08 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-16 18:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-16 14:10 UTCCISA KEV update
  24. 2026-09-16 14:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-16 13:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-16 09:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-16 05:31 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-16 05:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-16 01:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-15 21:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-15 16:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-15 12:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-15 08:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-15 04:18 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-15 04:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-15 00:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-14 19:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-14 19:24 UTCCISA KEV update
  17. 2026-09-14 15:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-14 11:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-14 07:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-14 03:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-13 22:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-13 18:40 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-13 18:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-13 14:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-13 10:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-13 06:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-13 01:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-12 21:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-12 17:28 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-09-12 17:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-12 13:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-12 09:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-12 04:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-12 00:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-11 20:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-09-11 18:49 UTCCISA KEV update
  37. 2026-09-11 16:16 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-09-11 16:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-09-11 12:04 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-09-11 12:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-09-11 07:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-09-11 03:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-10 23:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-09-10 19:28 UTCCISA KEV update
  47. 2026-09-10 19:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-10 15:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-09-10 10:52 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-09-10 10:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-09-10 06:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-10 02:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-09-09 22:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-09-09 19:08 UTCCISA KEV update
  55. 2026-09-09 18:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-09-09 13:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-09-09 09:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-09-09 05:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-09-09 04:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-09-09 00:15 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-09-09 00:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-09-08 20:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-09-08 19:32 UTCEG score recompute▼ 0.20
  65. 2026-09-08 19:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-09-08 19:30 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 9.8
  67. 2026-09-08 19:11 UTCEG score recompute
  68. 2026-09-08 19:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-09-08 18:55 UTCEG score recompute
  70. 2026-09-08 18:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-09-08 18:54 UTCCISA KEV update
  72. 2026-09-08 12:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-09-08 08:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-09-08 04:19 UTCEG score recompute
  75. 2026-09-08 04:19 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain. Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Nucleihttp/cves/2026/CVE-2026-86218.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2026

    N-able N-central <2026.3.1.14 - Pre-Authentication Remote Code Execution

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2026-86218?
CVE-2026-86218 is a critical vulnerability published on September 6, 2026. N-central is vulnerable to a pre-auth remote code execution This issue affects N-central: before 2026.3.1.14.
When was CVE-2026-86218 disclosed?
CVE-2026-86218 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 6, 2026, with the most recent update on September 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-86218 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2026-86218 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 8, 2026, affecting N-able N-central. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-86218?
CVE-2026-86218 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
Which products are affected by CVE-2026-86218?
CVE-2026-86218 affects N-able N-central. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2026-86218?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-86218, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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