CVE-2026-88774
HIGH 7Vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway. This issue affects ADC: before 14.1-73.37, before 13.1-64.23, before 14.1-73.37 FIPS, and before 13.1.37.279 FIPS and NDcPP; Gateway: before 14.1-73.37 and before 13.1-64.23 leading to a feature policy bypass due to improper HTTP URL based expression usage.
Severe if exploited (CVSS 7), but no known exploitation and low modeled probability. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.4%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 33rd percentile
Impact if exploited
7CVSS 4.0 · HIGH
- ConfidentialityLow
- IntegrityLow
- AvailabilityNone
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
- ⚠Requirements: Specific conditions must be present
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
No public PoC is currently catalogued.
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Data snapshot:
Affected
Vendors Citrix Netscaler Citrix
Products Adc Gateway Netscaler Application Delivery Controller Netscaler Gateway
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
References and research data (JSON)
Unverified PoC candidates
Catalogue matches for further research. These repositories have not been validated as working exploits.
1 candidate
- https://github.com/CompleTetech-Security/netscaler-cve-2026-88774-check
Offline NetScaler ADC / Gateway evidence checker for CVE-2026-88774. Reported firmware and configuration evidence. Standalone Python; JSON/CSV/HTML reports; no exploit payloads.
PoC-in-GitHub · CVE-2026-88774
PoC-in-GitHub · CVE-2026-88774 · Updated 2026-10-26T05:04:02Z
Known Affected Software Configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version range |
|---|---|---|
| Citrix | Netscaler Application Delivery Controller | ≥ 13.1 and < 13.1-64.23 |
| Citrix | Netscaler Application Delivery Controller | ≥ 13.1 and < 13.1.37.279 |
| Citrix | Netscaler Application Delivery Controller | ≥ 13.1 and < 13.1.37.279 |
| Citrix | Netscaler Application Delivery Controller | ≥ 14.1 and < 14.1-73.37 |
| Citrix | Netscaler Application Delivery Controller | ≥ 14.1-66.68 and ≤ 14.1-73.37 |
| Citrix | Netscaler Gateway | ≥ 13.1 and < 13.1-64.23 |
| Citrix | Netscaler Gateway | ≥ 14.1 and < 14.1-73.37 |
All CVSS metrics
- HIGH 7 v4.0 · CNA Primary
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N - HIGH 7 v4.0 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - HIGH 7.2 v3.1 · NVD Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
Advisories
- https://support.citrix.com/support-home/kbsearch/article?articleNumber=CTX697096&articleTitle=Citrix_NetScaler_ADC_and_Citrix_NetScaler_Gateway_Security_Bulletin_for_CVE_2026_88771_CVE_2026_88772_CVE_2026_88773_CVE_2026_88774_CVE_2026_88775_CVE_2026_88776_CVE_2026_88777_and_CVE_2026_88778 CVE record · NetScaler · Updated 2026-09-27T16:14:02.993Z
NVD · CVE-2026-88774 · Updated 2026-09-29T16:17:13.517 - https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-87960 EUVD · EUVD-2026-87960