CVE-2022-27518 — Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Exploitation status

CVE-2022-27518 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added 2022-12-13. Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway, when configured with SAML SP or IdP configuration, contain an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows an attacker to execute code as administrator.

Advisory facts

Vendor or project

Citrix

Affected product

Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway

Added to CISA KEV

2022-12-13

US federal remediation due date

2023-01-03

Ransomware association

Unknown

EPSS score

—

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-664

Remediation: the required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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