# CVE-2025-7051: N-central Syslog Configuration Insecure Direct Object Reference

> Authenticated users can read and modify syslog configurations for other customers due to insecure direct object reference flaws.

- **Severity:** High 8.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4hx4-27hm-qv3c

## What is CVE-2025-7051?

CVE-2025-7051 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in N-able N-central, published on 21 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

On N-central, it is possible for any authenticated user to read, write and modify syslog configuration across customers on an N-central server. This vulnerability is present in all deployments of N-central prior to 2025.2.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7051?

It affects 1 product.


Products: N-Able N-Central.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-7051?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-7051 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-7051 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7051 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-2025-7051 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-7051 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in N-able N-central, published on 21 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7051 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-2025-7051/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7051/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-7051
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7051
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-7051

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7051/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.