⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2024-01-17. Federal agencies required to patch by 2024-02-07. Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable..

CVE-2023-6549Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Software Group Netscaler ADC

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
VulnCheck8.2VulnCheck5.5
EPSS
76.5%
top 1.06%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2024-01-17
Due 2024-02-07
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Timeline
PublishedJan 17
KEV addedJan 17
KEV dueFeb 7
Latest updateJul 2
CISA Required Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Description

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway allows Unauthenticated Denial of Service and Out-Of-Bounds Memory Read

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages8 packages

NVDcitrix/netscaler_gateway13.013.0-92.21+2
CVEListV5cloud_software_group/netscaler_adc14.112.35+5

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
VulnCheck
Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Buffer Overflow Vulnerability2023
VulnCheck
Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Code Injection Vulnerability2023

💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Nuclei
Citrix Netscaler ADC & Gateway - Out-Of-Bounds Memory Read

🔍Detection Rules

1
Suricata
ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Citrix Netscaler ADC & Gateway Unauthenticated Out-of-Bounds Memory Read (CVE-2023-6549)2025-07-02

📋Vendor Advisories

2
CISA
Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Buffer Overflow Vulnerability2024-01-17
Citrix
NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Security Bulletin for CVE-2023-6548 and CVE-2023-65492024-01-16

🕵️Threat Intelligence

9
Tenable
Verizon 2025 DBIR: Tenable Research Collaboration Shines a Spotlight on CVE Remediation Trends2025-04-23
Tenable
Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Calls for Stamping Out Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, as Europol Tells Banks To Prep For Quantum Threat2025-02-14
Bleepingcomputer
Citrix warns admins to manually mitigate PuTTY SSH client bug2024-05-09
Wiz
Crying Out Cloud - February Newsletter | Wiz2024-02-01
Bleepingcomputer
CISA pushes federal agencies to patch Citrix RCE within a week2024-01-17