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CVE-2020-8299 json

Citrix ADC and Citrix/NetScaler Gateway 13.0 before 13.0-76.29, 12.1-61.18, 11.1-65.20, Citrix ADC 12.1-FIPS before 12.1-55.238, and Citrix…

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-29166

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Citrix ADC and Citrix/NetScaler Gateway 13.0 before 13.0-76.29, 12.1-61.18, 11.1-65.20, Citrix ADC 12.1-FIPS before 12.1-55.238, and Citrix SD-WAN WANOP Edition before 11.4.0, 11.3.2, 11.3.1a, 11.2.3a, 11.1.2c, 10.2.9a suffers from uncontrolled resource consumption by way of a network-based denial-of-service from within the same Layer 2 network segment. Note that the attacker must be in the same Layer 2 network segment as the vulnerable appliance.

Patch / fix

  • citrix gateway 12.1-61.18, 13.0-76.29
  • citrix netscaler_gateway 11.1-65.20
  • citrix application_delivery_controller_firmware 11.1-65.20, 12.1-55.238, 12.1-61.18, 13.0-76.29
  • citrix sd-wan_wanop 10.2.9a, 11.1.2c, 11.2.3a, 11.3.2

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Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 3.3 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Citrix ADC, Citrix Gateway, Citrix SD-WAN WANOP Edition

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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References

Sources

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