{"id":"CVE-2017-6316","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2017-6316"],"related":[],"title":"Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN Enterprise, CloudBridge Virtual WAN, and XenMobile Server: Citrix Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","description":"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.\n\nCISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.","summary":"Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN, CloudBridge Virtual WAN and XenMobile Server have a flaw in the management interface that lets an unauthenticated remote attacker run arbitrary code as root. CISA lists it as actively exploited in the wild.","severity":"critical","cvss":10.0,"epss":0.7303,"exploited":true,"exploited_at":"2022-03-25T00:00:00+00:00","products":[{"name":"Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN Enterprise, CloudBridge Virtual WAN, and XenMobile Server","fixed":[],"affected":"","ecosystem":"vendor"}],"ecosystems":["vendor"],"tags":["cloudbridge","exploited","netscaler-sd-wan","self-hosted","vendor","xenmobile"],"not_affected_if":["managed-hosting"],"how_to_check":null,"fix":"Apply the Citrix update for your product per vendor instructions (the sources do not name a version).","status":"open","published_at":"2017-07-20T04:29:00+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-23T21:21:48+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00","category":"vendor","confidence":0.8,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-23T21:21:48Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"Apply the Citrix update for your product per vendor instructions (the sources do not name a version).","reach":"network","impact":"high","summary":"Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN, CloudBridge Virtual WAN and XenMobile Server have a flaw in the management interface that lets an unauthenticated remote attacker run arbitrary code as root. CISA lists it as actively exploited in the wild.","category":"vendor","who_cares":["netscaler-sd-wan","cloudbridge","xenmobile","self-hosted"],"confidence":0.8,"needs_auth":"no","worst_case":"Unauthenticated attacker runs code as root on the appliance or server.","analyst_note":"Find the Citrix advisory for CVE-2017-6316 and list the fixed build numbers per product and how to tell if the management interface is exposed.","how_to_check":"unknown","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["managed-hosting"],"user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"critical"},"cost_usd":0.000479,"input_tokens":2964,"output_tokens":366,"severity_before":"unknown"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-2017':21A,24A '-6316':22A,25A 'abl':121C 'action':138C 'activ':82B 'affect':133C 'also':132C 'and':35A 'appli':139C 'arbitrari':74B,124C 'attack':72B,119C 'cisa':78B,136C 'citrix':1A,13A,26A,49B,97C,107C 'cloudbridg':7A,38B,54B,108C 'cloudbridge':32A 'code':17A,75B,125C 'could':113C 'cve':20A,23A 'edit':105C,111C 'enterpris':6A,102C 'enterprise':31A 'execut':18A,123C 'exploit':39B,83B 'flaw':62B 'host':46B 'identifi':91C 'instruct':143C 'interfac':66B,95C 'let':68B 'list':79B 'manag':65B,94C 'multipl':14A 'netscal':2A,41B,50B,98C 'netscaler':27A 'netscaler-sd-wan':40B 'per':141C 'product':15A 'remot':16A,71B,118C 'requir':137C 'result':114C 'root':77B,128C 'run':73B 'sd':4A,29A,42B,52B,100C 'sd-wan':3A,28A,51B,99C 'self':45B 'self-host':44B 'server':12A,37A,59B,135C 'standard':104C 'unauthent':70B,117C 'updat':140C 'user':129C 'vendor':47B,142C 'virtual':8A,33A,55B,109C 'vulner':19A,88C,131C 'wan':5A,9A,30A,34A,43B,53B,56B,101C,110C 'wild':86B 'xenmobil':11A,48B,58B,134C 'xenmobile':36A","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":null,"tier":null,"verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2017-07-20T04:29:00+00:00","kev":{"dateAdded":"2022-03-25","dueDate":"2022-04-15","requiredAction":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown"},"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvss_by":"nvd@nist.gov","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"kev","external_id":"CVE-2017-6316","url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2017-6316","severity":null,"published_at":"2022-03-25T00:00:00+00:00","modified_at":null,"first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-25T16:39:48+00:00","note":null},{"source":"epss","external_id":"CVE-2017-6316","url":"https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6316","severity":null,"published_at":null,"modified_at":null,"first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T19:13:45+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T19:13:45+00:00","note":null},{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2017-6316","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6316","severity":null,"published_at":"2017-07-20T04:29:00+00:00","modified_at":"2026-06-17T01:22:08+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}