CVE-2025-10231 — N-central Incorrect Default Permissions could lead to Privilege Escalation

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HIGH

N-central Incorrect Default Permissions could lead to Privilege Escalation

Published Sep 10, 2025

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.13%

Description

An Incorrect File Handling Permission bug exists on the N-central Windows Agent and Probe that, in the right circumstances, can allow a local low-level user to run commands with elevated permissions.

Affected products

Vendor N-able Product N-central Default
unaffected
- Version
  0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <2025.3

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

N-able

N-central

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
0	affected	<2025.3

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.13% 0.00130

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00130

Score over time

2025–2026

EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (3 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.13% (0.00130)	2.19th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.12% (0.00118)	2.02th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 11, 2025	0.01% (0.00010)	0.77th	v4 (v2025.03.14)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-276

Incorrect Default Permissions

References (2)

https://documentation.n-able.com/N-central/Release_Notes/GA/Content/N-central_2025.3_Release_Notes.htm
release-notesRelease Notes
https://me.n-able.com/s/security-advisory/aArVy0000000jgHKAQ/cve202510231-incorrect-default-permissions-could-lead-to-privilege-escalation
vendor-advisoryVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://documentation.n-able.com/N-central/Release_Notes/GA/Content/N-central_2025.3_Release_Notes.htm		release-notesRelease Notes
https://me.n-able.com/s/security-advisory/aArVy0000000jgHKAQ/cve202510231-incorrect-default-permissions-could-lead-to-privilege-escalation		vendor-advisoryVendor Advisory