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Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway Flaws Expose Appliances to DoS and File Read Attacks

Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway Flaws Expose Appliances to DoS and File Read Attacks

By Lucas Martin
Publication Date: 2026-07-01 08:20:00

Cloud Software Group has disclosed six vulnerabilities affecting NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway, several of which carry High severity ratings and could allow attackers to trigger denial-of-service conditions, read arbitrary files, or overread sensitive memory.

The bulletin, tracked as CTX696604, covers CVE-2026-8451, CVE-2026-8452, CVE-2026-8655, CVE-2026-10816, CVE-2026-10817, and CVE-2026-13474.

The most severe issues, CVE-2026-8451 and CVE-2026-8452, each score 8.8 on the CVSSv4 scale. CVE-2026-8451 stems from insufficient input validation on appliances configured as a SAML IdP, enabling out-of-bounds memory reads (CWE-125). ‘

Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway Flaws

CVE-2026-8452 involves a memory overflow (CWE-119) affecting Gateway configurations (SSL VPN, ICA Proxy, CVPN, RDP Proxy) or AAA virtual servers, leading to unpredictable behavior and DoS attacks.

CVE-2026-8655, also scored 8.8, affects appliances configured as an Oracle-type load balancer, DNS…

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