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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-8271 · published 16 November 2020

CVE-2020-8271: Citrix sd-wan relative path traversal vulnerability

Citrix · Sd Wan

Unauthenticated remote code execution with root privileges in Citrix SD-WAN Center versions before 11.2.2, 11.1.2b and 10.2.8

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 11% · top 4.2% CWE-23 · Relative path traversalCWE-22 · Path traversal
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 10.0
11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Unauthenticated remote code execution with root privileges in Citrix SD-WAN Center versions before 11.2.2, 11.1.2b and 10.2.8

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX285061 Vendor Advisory
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX285061 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-8271), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.