Citrix Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CRITIQUE 9.8EXPLOITED (CISA KEV)CVE-2017-6316 · Published 20/07/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

Citrix Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Actively exploited: CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 25/03/2022. Patch affected systems as an emergency.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
netscaler sd-wan citrix	`≤ 9.1.2.26.561201`	No fix yet

Description

Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN devices through v9.1.2.26.561201 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands as root via a CGISESSID cookie. On CloudBridge (the former name of NetScaler SD-WAN) devices, the cookie name was CAKEPHP rather than CGISESSID.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/99943 · Broken Link
securitytracker.com/id/1039019 · Broken Link
support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990 · Permissions Required
exploit-db.com/exploits/42345 · Exploit
exploit-db.com/exploits/42346 · Third Party Advisory
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · US Government Resource
CISA KEV · CVE-2017-6316

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