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CVE-2018-6186

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-918

Description

Citrix NetScaler VPX through NS12.0 53.13.nc allows an SSRF attack via the /rapi/read_url URI by an authenticated attacker who has a webapp account. The attacker can gain access to the nsroot account, and execute remote commands with root privileges.

Affected products

• Citrix Netscaler: 12.0 (and their updates)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102915
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040440
• https://gist.github.com/buxu/04ce809eb8b32ef57e232eab5e61f023
• https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232161
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102915
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040440
• https://gist.github.com/buxu/04ce809eb8b32ef57e232eab5e61f023
• https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232161

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