CVE-2023-6548
Actively exploited. CVE-2023-6548 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-01-17) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway contain a code injection vulnerability that allows for authenticated remote code execution on the management interface with access to NSIP, CLIP, or SNIP.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A code injection vulnerability allows for authenticated remote code execution on the management interface.
- Who is affected
- Users of Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway.
- Urgency
- Immediate remediation is necessary due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Apply the latest security patches from Citrix.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 87% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2023-6548: Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Code Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-01-17
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