N-able N-central Server prior 2023.4 Monitoring Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in N-able N-central Server. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Monitoring. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-30297. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in N-able N-central Server. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Monitoring. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue found in N-able Technologies N-central Server before 2023.4 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the monitoring function of the server.

The weakness was disclosed 08/04/2023. The advisory is shared for download at status.n-able.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-30297 since 04/07/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2023.4 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at status.n-able.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-34720). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: N-central Server 2023.4

Timelineinfo

04/07/2023 🔍
08/04/2023 +119 days 🔍
08/04/2023 +0 days 🔍
12/21/2025 +870 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: status.n-able.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-30297 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-30297
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-236132
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/04/2023 09:10
Updated: 12/21/2025 18:38
Changes: 08/04/2023 09:10 (38), 08/26/2023 14:46 (11), 12/21/2025 18:38 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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