CVE-2020-8193
Published 2020-07-10 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source support@hackerone.com
Summary
CVE-2020-8193 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) 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 does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Citrix has 27 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 7 of them linked to ransomware.
All 27 known-exploited Citrix vulnerabilities →Description
Improper access control in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.14 and 10.5-70.18 and Citrix SDWAN WAN-OP versions before 11.1.1a, 11.0.3d and 10.2.7 allows unauthenticated access to certain URL endpoints.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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 Authorization Bypass Vulnerability
Date added: 2021-11-03 · Due: 2022-05-03
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160047/Citrix-ADC-NetScaler-Local-File-Inclusion.html
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX276688
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160047/Citrix-ADC-NetScaler-Local-File-Inclusion.html
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX276688
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8193

