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

> A local low-level user can exploit incorrect file permissions in the N-central Windows Agent to execute commands with elevated privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8284-hqgr-8gf6

## What is CVE-2025-10231?

CVE-2025-10231 is a high-severity vulnerability in N-able N-central, published on 10 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10231?

It affects 1 product.


Products: N-Able N-Central.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-10231?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10231 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-10231 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10231 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## 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-2025-10231 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-10231 is a high-severity vulnerability in N-able N-central, published on 10 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10231 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-2025-10231/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10231/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10231
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10231
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-10231

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10231/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.