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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-30406 is rated Critical Active Threat (97.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 85.36%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2025-04-08) affecting Gladinet / CentreStack. a weakness (CWE-321) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. EPSS rose +1.67% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.
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: Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail
: 2025-04-08
: 2025-04-29
: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-05-18 | 83.69% | 85.36% | +1.67% |
| 2 | 2026-05-17 | 81.91% | 83.69% | +1.78% |
| 3 | 2026-05-14 | — | 81.91% | — |
Full EPSS history (72 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.0 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
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2.2 | 6.0 | [email protected] |
| 9.8 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
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3.9 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| gladinet | centrestack | < 16.4.10315.56368 | cpe:2.3:a:gladinet:centrestack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://gladinetsupport.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gladinet/securityadvisory-cve-2005.pdf | Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.centrestack.com/p/gce_latest_release.html | Release Notes |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-30406 | US Government Resource |