CVE-2017-6316

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Known exploited (CISA KEV)Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99943Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039019Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990Permissions Required
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42345/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42346/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99943Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039019Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990Permissions Required
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42345/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42346/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-6316US Government Resource

Timeline

Published: Jul 20, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: Mar 25, 2022
NVD status: Analyzed

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