CVE-2022-27518 (GCVE-0-2022-27518)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-12-13 00:00
Modified
2025-10-21 23:15
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-664 - Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime
Summary
Unauthenticated remote arbitrary code execution
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Citrix Citrix Gateway, Citrix ADC Version: 12.1
Version: 13.0
Version: 12.1 FIPs, NDcPP
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2022-12-13

Due date: 2023-01-03

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2022/12/13/critical-security-update-now-available-for-citrix-adc-citrix-gateway/; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27518

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