Hard-coded credentials in Gladinet CentreStack
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-321.
Summary
Gladinet CentreStack through 16.1.10296.56315 (fixed in 16.4.10315.56368) has a deserialization vulnerability due to the CentreStack portal's hardcoded machineKey use, as exploited in the wild in March 2025. This enables threat actors (who know the machineKey) to serialize a payload for server-side deserialization to achieve remote code execution. NOTE: a CentreStack admin can manually delete the machineKey defined in portal\web.config.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Active
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA CentreStack (Gladinet) Fixed in 16.4.10315.56368
Timeline
- 2025-04-08 Added to CISA KEV
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-30406
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hgp9-3v5v-223j
References
More Gladinet Centrestack vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-13351 Gladinet CentreStack and TrioFox Hard Coded AES Keys KEVCVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2025-10418 Gladinet CentreStack and TrioFox Local File Inclusion Flaw KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-11791 An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Password Reset component of Gladinet… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-11792 An unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the administrative portal branding component… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2025-30406 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-30406 · NVD
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hgp9-3v5v-223j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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