# CVE-2024-28200: N-central Authentication Bypass

> Attackers can bypass authentication in the N-central server user interface, gaining unauthorized access to the system.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2wm2-45c2-f92h

## What is CVE-2024-28200?

CVE-2024-28200 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in N-able N-central, published on 1 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The N-central server is vulnerable to an authentication bypass of the user interface. This vulnerability is present in all deployments of N-central prior to 2024.2.

This vulnerability was discovered through internal N-central source code review and N-able has not observed any exploitation in the wild.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication), CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-28200?

It affects 1 product.


Products: N-Able N-Central.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-28200?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-28200 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-28200 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-28200 exists.

Public exploit code:

- N-able N-central < 2024.2 - Authentication Bypass Detection (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-28200.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in N-able N-central

- [CVE-2026-86218](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-86218/): N-able N-central Static Code Injection (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-8875](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8875/): N-able N-Central Insecure Deserialization (critical 9.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-8876](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8876/): N-able N-Central Command Injection (critical 9.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-18577](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18577/): N-able N-central Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (high 8.2, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-18556](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18556/): N-able N-central Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (high 8.2, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-28200 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-28200 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in N-able N-central, published on 1 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-28200 exists.

Affected product: N-able N-central. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28200/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28200/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28200
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28200
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-28200

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28200/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.