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N-able N-central — Unauthenticated administrative account takeover
AV AC AT PR UI VC VI VA CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N H N N N H N N 8.2 .0049 40.3 YES
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
N-central unspecified —
TIMELINE
Aug 1 Reserved by N-able
Aug 4 Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2026-08-07
Aug 4 Published (CNA: N-able)
Aug 8 DUE DATE PASSED — CVE-2026-18556 (N-able N-central). CISA remediation deadline was August 7, 2026; still in catalog.
Description
Authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel vulnerability in N-able N-central allows Authentication Bypass.
This issue affects N-central: through 2026.1.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| August 1, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by N-able |
| August 4, 2026 | KEV ADDED | Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2026-08-07 |
| August 4, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: N-able) |
| August 8, 2026 | DUE DATE PASSED | DUE DATE PASSED — CVE-2026-18556 (N-able N-central). CISA remediation deadline was August 7, 2026; still in catalog. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| N-able | N-central | — | — | — |
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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-18556 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.