Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Unauthenticated remote arbitrary code execution

CheckOps priority index

5.9/10 Patch within 7 days

Severity9.8

Probability0.7

Exploitation3/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 6.9% higher than 94.0% of CVEs

CVSS 3.1 9.8 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:

Exploited for 1,421 days 13 Dec 2022

CISA due date 03 Jan 2023 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 3 / 5

KEV catalog (CISA)13 Dec 2022
Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)13 Dec 2022
Used by ransomwareno
EPSS above 10 %6.9%
No account, over the networkyes

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Affected products

Citrix Gateway, Citrix ADCApplication Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway

Affected versions

12.1 FIPs, NDcPP
13.0
12.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-664

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

13 Dec 2022
Published
13 Dec 2022
Exploitation reported (ENISA)
13 Dec 2022
Added to the KEV catalog
03 Jan 2023
CISA remediation due date

References

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