CVE-2017-6316

9.8 criticalKEVEPSS 73%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

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

EPSS: 73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CISA KEV: listed 2022-03-25, due 2022-04-15
Published: 2017-07-20
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

citrix:netscaler_sd-wan

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/

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