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Critical · 9.8 Known exploited Public exploit CVE-2017-6316 EUVD-2017-15377GHSA-9f8x-323m-6vw4

Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN devices through v9.1.2.26.561201 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands as root via a CGISESSID…

Published Jul 20, 2017 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

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.

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 2

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