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CVE-2017-6316: Citrix Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-25
• EPSS: 73.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-07-20 · updated 2026-06-17

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.

Affected products

• Citrix Netscaler Sd-Wan: through 9.1.2.26.561201

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99943
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039019
• https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42345/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42346/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99943
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039019
• https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42345/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42346/
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-6316

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