CVE-2023-26829 — An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Password Reset component of Gladin

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Password Reset component of Gladinet CentreStack before 13.5.9808 allows remote attackers to set a new password for any valid user account, without needing the previous known password, resulting in a full authentication bypass.

01What is this vulnerability?

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Password Reset component of Gladinet CentreStack before 13.5.9808 allows remote attackers to set a new password for any valid user account, without needing the previous known password, resulting in a full authentication bypass.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-18T16:16:37.276Z

09References

• www.whiteoaksecurity.com — https://www.whiteoaksecurity.com/blog/centrestack-disclosure/