CISA Adds Maximum-Severity N-able N-central RCE Flaw to KEV Catalog
Federal agencies mandated to patch CVE-2026-86218 by September 11, 2026
Key Takeaways
- CISA has added CVE-2026-86218 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog with a CVSS score of 10.0.
- The vulnerability is a pre-authentication remote code execution flaw in N-able N-central.
- Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies must apply fixes by September 11, 2026.
- N-central is a widely used remote monitoring and management platform.
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