CVE-2026-8452

Memory overflow vulnerability NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway leading to unpredictable or erroneous behavior and Denial of Service if the appliance is configured as a Gateway (SSL VPN, ICA Proxy, CVPN, RDP Proxy) or AAA virtual server

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.citrix.com/support-home/kbsearch/article?articleNumber=CTX696604	Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-8452	US Government Resource

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler_application_delivery_controller:::::fips:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler_application_delivery_controller:::::ndcpp:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler_application_delivery_controller:::::-:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler_application_delivery_controller:::::-:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler_application_delivery_controller:14.1-66.68::::fips:::
	cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler_gateway::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler_gateway::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-06-30 13:19

Updated : 2026-08-27 04:18

NVD link : CVE-2026-8452

Mitre link : CVE-2026-8452

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-8452

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Products Affected

citrix

netscaler_gateway
netscaler_application_delivery_controller

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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