Vulnerability record

CVE-2022-27518

Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Severity: CriticalExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Jan 3, 2023.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

Unauthenticated remote arbitrary code execution

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorSource
Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and GatewayCitrix (Cloud Software Group)KEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Version details have not been published yet.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2022-27518 scored CVSS 9.8: Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway, Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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Coverage

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References

  • citrix.com https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2022/12/13/critical-security-update-now-available-for-citrix-adc-citrix-gateway/
  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27518
  • support.citrix.com https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX474995
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-27518