CVE-2017-6316
Critical 9.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Citrix Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
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.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.8 (CRITICAL)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 73% (percentile: 99) as of 1 November 2026
Affected products
citrix: netscaler sd-wan
References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42345/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42345/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99943 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039019 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990 Permissions Required
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42346/ Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99943 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039019 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990 Permissions Required
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42346/ Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry