CVE-2024-8510: N-central Path Traversal

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-03-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

N-central is vulnerable to a path traversal that allows unintended access to the Apache Tomcat WEB-INF directory. Customer data is not exposed. This vulnerability is present in all deployments of N-central prior to N-central 2024.6.

Affected products

N-able N-central: before 2024.6 — fixed in 2024.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: N-able N-central 2024.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://documentation.n-able.com/N-central/Release_Notes/GA/Content/N-central_2024.6_Release_Notes.htm
https://me.n-able.com/s/security-advisory/aArVy0000000XgjKAE/cve20248510-ncentral-path-traversal

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