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Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-18225 · published 21 October 2019

CVE-2019-18225: Citrix application delivery controller firmware vulnerability

Citrix · Application Delivery Controller Firmware

An issue was discovered in Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway before 10.5 build 70.8, 11.x before 11.1 build 63.9, 12.0 before build 62.10, 12.1 before build 54.16, and 13.0 before build 41.28. An attacker with management-interface access can bypass authentication to obtain appliance administrative access. These products formerly used the NetScaler brand name.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 1.5% · top 26.6%
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.5
1.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway before 10.5 build 70.8, 11.x before 11.1 build 63.9, 12.0 before build 62.10, 12.1 before build 54.16, and 13.0 before build 41.28. An attacker with management-interface access can bypass authentication to obtain appliance administrative access. These products formerly used the NetScaler brand name.

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

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX261055 Vendor Advisory
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX261055 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-18225), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.