Newforma Info Exchange (NIX) shared hard-coded secret key

published 2025-10-09 13 mo ago modified 2026-10-08 32 d ago also EUVD-2025-33575

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits: 0; none known

Newforma Info Exchange (NIX) uses a hard-coded key to encrypt certain query parameters. Some encrypted parameter values can specify paths to download files, potentially bypassing authentication and authorization, for example, the 'qs' parameter used in '/DownloadWeb/download.aspx'. This key is shared across NIX installations. NIX 2023.3 and 2024.1 limit the use of hard-coded keys.

Vendor advisories

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cisa vex VA-25-282-01 updated 2025-10-09 cvss 5.3

Newforma Project Center multiple vulnerabilities

Newforma Project Center 2024.3
affected: mitigation “NIX 2023.3 and 2024.1 limit the use of hard-coded keys.”

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 12 mo ago (2025-10-10)

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA	4.0	6.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	4.0	6.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

Newforma Project Center

Classification

Weakness

CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

References

cve.org /CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-35052
third-party-advisory
raw.githubusercontent.com /cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-282-01.json
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-35052
NVD CVE-2025-35052

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Summary