CVE-2022-27511: Corruption of the system by a remote, unauthenticated user potentially leading to the reset of the administrator password

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-06-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Corruption of the system by a remote, unauthenticated user. The impact of this can include the reset of the administrator password at the next device reboot, allowing an attacker with ssh access to connect with the default administrator credentials after the device has rebooted.

Affected products

Citrix Application Delivery Management (Citrix ADM): before 13.0-85.19; from 13.1 before 13.1-21.53 — fixed in 13.0-85.19, 13.1-21.53
Citrix Application Delivery Management (Citrix ADM): before 13.1-21.53; before 13.0-85.19 — fixed in 13.1-21.53, 13.0-85.19

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Citrix Application Delivery Management (Citrix ADM) 13.0-85.19, 13.1-21.53; Citrix Application Delivery Management (Citrix ADM) 13.1-21.53, 13.0-85.19. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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