CVE-2023-6548 is an improper control of code generation / code injection vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway. The flaw affects the management interface and is reachable via NSIP, CLIP, or SNIP when those interfaces have management access. Citrix described the issue as allowing remote code execution on the management interface. Initial reporting described exploitation as requiring an authenticated low-privilege account; later reporting cited an update dated 2024-07-18 stating the vulnerability can be exploited without privileges, increasing severity. The vulnerable component/function is not identified in the provided content.
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What an attacker gets, and what they’ve been doing with it.
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No public exploit code observed for this vulnerability.
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Vendor-confirmed product mapping. Mallory continuously reconciles this list against your asset inventory.
9 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
A previously mentioned critical NetScaler vulnerability referenced only in related content.
A code injection vulnerability in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway.
An authenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway, exploited as a zero-day.
A Citrix vulnerability cited as historically exploited/important to patch in products Volt Typhoon has been observed targeting for initial access.
Query your assets running an affected version, and investigate the blast radius.
Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.