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CVE-2023-6549

91
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-6549 is a critical vulnerability affecting Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway, stemming from an improper restriction of operations within a memory buffer. This flaw allows for unauthenticated denial of service and out-of-bounds memory reads. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, leading to significant availability impacts. This CVE is actively exploited in the wild, as indicated by its presence in CISA's KEV catalog, and has garnered substantial community discussion and media coverage, including a Nuclei template for detection.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 13.1-FIPS, < 37.176CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler_application_delivery_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 13.1, < 51.15CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler_application_delivery_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.1-FIPS, < 55.302CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler_application_delivery_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.1-NDcPP, < 55.302CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler_application_delivery_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 13.0, < 92.21CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler_application_delivery_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.2HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
57.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Jan 17, 2024
Nuclei: CVE-2023-6549 · May 6, 2024
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5763 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

citrixvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
support.citrix.com / article/CTX584986/netscaler-adc-and-netscaler-gateway-security-bulletin-for-cve20236548-and-cve20236549
Vendor Advisory