CVE-2017-6316: Citrix Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name: Citrix Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Citrix
Product: NetScaler SD-WAN Enterprise, CloudBridge Virtual WAN, and XenMobile Server
Added to the catalog: 2022-03-25
Due date for US federal agencies: 2022-04-15
Weaknesses: CWE-20
Catalog version: 2026.10.30

A vulnerability has been identified in the management interface of Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN Enterprise and Standard Edition and Citrix CloudBridge Virtual WAN Edition that could result in an unauthenticated, remote attacker being able to execute arbitrary code as a root user. This vulnerability also affects XenMobile Server.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6316

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NVD analysis

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2017-07-20T04:29:00.423
Last modified: 2026-06-17T01:22:08.357
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-noinfo

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.

Metric	Score	Severity	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	9.8	CRITICAL	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	[email protected] (Primary)
CVSS 3.1	9.8	CRITICAL	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	10	HIGH	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	[email protected] (Primary)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99943 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039019 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990 (Permissions 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/99943 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039019 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990 (Permissions 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-2017-6316 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner: mitre
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2017-07-20T04:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2025-10-21T23:55:36.360Z
Problem types: n/a

References

1039019
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225990
42345
99943
42346

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2017-6316: Citrix Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-2e133a07ce2e, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2017-6316 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-17T01:22:08.357.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2025-10-21T23:55:36.360Z.

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