CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-6809

Netscaler Application Delivery Controller Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.2%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
NetScaler ADC 10.5, 11.0, 11.1, and 12.0, and NetScaler Gateway 10.5, 11.0, 11.1, and 12.0 allow remote attackers to gain privilege on a target system.
Affected vendor
Citrix
Affected product
Netscaler Application Delivery Controller Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2018-03-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-6809

  • Confirm whether Citrix Netscaler Application Delivery Controller Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-6809.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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