CVE-2020-25618

8.8 highEPSS 2.7%

High (8.8) in solarwinds n-central. EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in SolarWinds N-Central 12.3.0.670. The sudo configuration has incorrect access control because the nable web user account is effectively able to run arbitrary OS commands as root (i.e., the use of root privileges is not limited to specific programs listed in the sudoers file).

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 85% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-78
Published: 2020-12-16
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

solarwinds:n-central

References

https://ernw.de/en/publications.html
https://insinuator.net/2020/12/security-advisories-for-solarwinds-n-central/
https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/
https://ernw.de/en/publications.html
https://insinuator.net/2020/12/security-advisories-for-solarwinds-n-central/

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