CVE-2019-19781
Published 2019-12-27 · Updated 2026-08-12 · Source cve@mitre.org
Summary
CVE-2019-19781 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC), Gateway, and SD-WAN WANOP Appliance. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by May 3, 2022. CISA also lists it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns, so it should be prioritised accordingly. Citrix has 27 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 7 of them linked to ransomware.
All 27 known-exploited Citrix vulnerabilities →Description
An issue was discovered in Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway 10.5, 11.1, 12.0, 12.1, and 13.0. They allow Directory Traversal.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Citrix — Application Delivery Controller (ADC), Gateway, and SD-WAN WANOP Appliance
Name: Citrix ADC, Gateway, and SD-WAN WANOP Appliance Code Execution Vulnerability
Date added: 2021-11-03 · Due: 2022-05-03
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155904/Citrix-Application-Delivery-Controller-Gateway-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155905/Citrix-Application-Delivery-Controller-Gateway-Remote-Code-Execution-Traversal.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155930/Citrix-Application-Delivery-Controller-Gateway-10.5-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155947/Citrix-ADC-NetScaler-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155972/Citrix-ADC-Gateway-Path-Traversal.html
- https://badpackets.net/over-25000-citrix-netscaler-endpoints-vulnerable-to-cve-2019-19781/
- https://forms.gle/eDf3DXZAv96oosfj6
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX267027

