CVE-2024-8510 N-central Path Traversal
Attackers can access the Apache Tomcat WEB-INF directory via path traversal in N-central, potentially exposing configuration data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-8510?
CVE-2024-8510 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in N-able N-central, published on 17 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8510?
It affects 1 product.
Products include N-Able N-Central.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8510?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8510 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-8510 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8510 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in N-able N-central
- CVE-2026-86218 N-able N-central Static Code Injection
- CVE-2025-8875 N-able N-Central Insecure Deserialization
- CVE-2025-8876 N-able N-Central Command Injection
- CVE-2026-18577 N-able N-central Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
- CVE-2026-18556 N-able N-central Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m439-5w5w-f32v.